Sunday, November 26, 2006
Debit Card system down
Wink: On the other hand, you have different fingers.
The debit card system went down last week for a few hours. Computers again, huh? Everything is online one way or another.
Picture the poor person paying cash. Believe it or not, there are some who still do. There they would be in the line up not able to complete their transaction because the stupid cards won't work.
But you don't need a failure to get in that predicament. Not long ago I was in a line up at the cash and this person ahead slashed their card through the slot. "Too fast" said the cashier. So again the card gets a trip through the slot. "Turn it around" suggested the cashier. Another slot trip completed. "Insufficent funds" says the cashier.
"@#$%" I say.
"Try this one" the customer says, with another journey through the slot. "Turn it around" suggested the cashier. The card begins and completes another slot journey. "Is that a parking pass?" asks the cashier. "Oh my" says the customer.
"4 @#$% s*&$" I say.
"This is my daughters card, it will work" says the customer. "I'm not sure you are supposed to do that" comments the cashier. "I'm not?" "No you can't use someone else's card."
"I don't have anymore cards" the customer replies.
"Tell you what" I am thinking, "Let me go to aisle 4 and buy a deck. I'll give you a card, you certainly have earned the Ace of Diamonds."
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
The debit card system went down last week for a few hours. Computers again, huh? Everything is online one way or another.
Picture the poor person paying cash. Believe it or not, there are some who still do. There they would be in the line up not able to complete their transaction because the stupid cards won't work.
But you don't need a failure to get in that predicament. Not long ago I was in a line up at the cash and this person ahead slashed their card through the slot. "Too fast" said the cashier. So again the card gets a trip through the slot. "Turn it around" suggested the cashier. Another slot trip completed. "Insufficent funds" says the cashier.
"@#$%" I say.
"Try this one" the customer says, with another journey through the slot. "Turn it around" suggested the cashier. The card begins and completes another slot journey. "Is that a parking pass?" asks the cashier. "Oh my" says the customer.
"4 @#$% s*&$" I say.
"This is my daughters card, it will work" says the customer. "I'm not sure you are supposed to do that" comments the cashier. "I'm not?" "No you can't use someone else's card."
"I don't have anymore cards" the customer replies.
"Tell you what" I am thinking, "Let me go to aisle 4 and buy a deck. I'll give you a card, you certainly have earned the Ace of Diamonds."
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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