Anyone else sick and tired of waiting behind people who pay with debit cards???

Question

These inconsiderate a***holes should understand that there is no excuse to not carry at least a fiver in your pocket at all times to make small purchases.

I have no problem with people using debit cards to pay for a $125 grocery bill. However, I am FED UP with having to waste my time behind some useless idiot putting a can of pop and a chocolate bar on his bloody debit card!!

Who is with me on this?

Answer 1

I so seldom carry cash, and end up using my credit or debit card everywhere. I hate to say that it helps me spend less and track what I spend better. I'm sorry that people like me annoy you, but so do the people who insist on paying with $100 bills for a $2 item and then expect the cashier to have change.
The debit transaction takes what an extra 30 seconds? If you are that rushed, why not just buy a box of soda and candy bars and keep it in your car so you don't have to wait in any line.

Answer 2

Some debit cards in the U.S. have rewards if used as a signature transaction. So people use them more.

It not always the person paying with the debit/credit card that the problem. Sometime it takes awhile for the authorization to go through.

I myself have found it quicker to use a debit card than cash. Provided the point of sale terminal is quick.

Some people wait tell the total to decide what card to use or to see if there is an error on purchase. I have found out if you enter the card before your total, some cashiers go ahead and hit the button to process the card.

Answer 3

Are you kidding me? Debit cards, when used by someone with half a brain are super fast. I can't stand getting behind someone writing a check ! It seems like these people are the ones that looked "stunned" when the cashier actually gives them a total at the end. They look at the cashier with a blank stare, say "oh" and THEN reach in their pocket for a checkbook. They proceed to meticiously write out the check - taking forever. Then the id needs to be checked, the numbers entered in the register. UGH. I use my debit card almost 95% of the time - as soon as the cashier starts to ring my stuff - I go to the debit card machine - swipe, enter my pin and all that is left to do is when they say "debit or credit" you then hit yes - I think it is just an issue of idiots and not knowing how to rush along with their business.

Answer 4

The only time I mind this is when it's someone who has never used the debit machines and has to read every single thing on the screen, can't find the correct buttons, messes something up and has to re-swipe the card, etc. The size of the purchase doesn't matter to me so much. I feel the same way about the people who use the self-service check out at the grocery store. They have NO idea what they're doing, the can't even find the UPC code on the packages, they don't have the slightest idea how to ring up fruits and vegetables, and they're constantly calling the supervising cashier over to fix something they've messed up or to complete ringing their orders up. By the time they've finished, at least two or three people (possibly more) could have used that one register and the waiting line wouldn't be so long.

Answer 5

ok. i would rather be stuck behind someone paying by debit than a little kid or an old lady counting out pennies to pay for an item. i dont have anything against old people or kids but c'mon parents cant you make a pitstop at the bank and change the change in?
i am infamous for paying for small stuff on my debit card cause i usually forget my cash at home or leave my wallet in a different purse (i am infamous for that too!) i think grocery stores should have a no debit line up to keep the impatient people moving through the store with out incident.

Answer 6

NOT with you on this; however, what bugs me is that they wait to hunt up the card or checkbook until after the transactions has been rung, fumble around in a huge purse, or checking all their pants pockets....then check the card carefully (for what??), they slowly write the check, put everything back into the purse, and finally hand the check to the checker.....oh, then go through the process again to find the necessary ID.

Be thankful it is only a debit card you are dealing with.....and if you don't have a fiver, you don't have a fiver, dude. LOL

Answer 7

Quite surprising that these things didn't happened in Singapore. Cause supermarkets usually do not allow debit cards usage for bills below $80 . As for bills below that amount cash is the method of payment . However I get annoyesd when people fumble looking for card / cash in their wallet / purse / handbags which is taking forever ! If they've decided to pay using card, should they get their card ready before they know the amount of the grocery bills ? Darn ..

Answer 8

I am afraid I am one of those inconsiderate people. In my own defense, I must say that I always try to keep at least $10 in my wallet for small purchases. However, my husband is aware of this, so usually, when I go to buy the soda or the pack of gum, I find that I have no cash at all. He seems to regard my wallet as a sort of magical ATM machine :)

I do, however, also believe in letting others go first in line if I am doing a slow transaction and they just have a few items. I do that everywhere. I hate the thought of someone waiting behind me when they could be out the door before my card can even be scanned.

Answer 9

Debit cards are the most common method of paying here in my country, and I don't think it takes longer... often it's even faster than people paying cash; many times people try to pay exact change and dig around in their wallets stuffed with receipts and cards and junk to find that last dime. I don't know what the procedure is where you live, here you swipe the card, then type in just four numbers, hit 'okay' and that's it... almost everyone does that very rapidly, 'swish-click-click-click-click-click-done'. Only rarely is the ATM lagged and does it more than one or two seconds for the response to come through.

Answer 10

My debit card doesn't require a signature for purchases of $25 or less, so it's usually faster for the cashier to swipe it and hand it back than for them to count back change. Even at McDonalds, where a machine spits the right change out for them, I have run into problems, because they were out of $1 bills! Would have been much faster to use my card that day!