this seems totally made up, lol. im at the tail end of gen z and all my friends use wallets. mine may usually be empty, but how else you gon carry your ID and shit? “sorry officer I don’t have ID, wallets are for oldheads”
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well sure, i’m in one of those american states where you have to drive to do anything though. forgot it’s not like that everywhere
One of them? That’s pretty much all of them. There’s a handful of cities where you can avoid driving, but not many.
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Where else do I keep the cash I need for food truck stops? Like, the good ones that look like a moving hole in the wall. None of this newfangled hipster food truck with pos devices.
Good 'ol roach coach.
Last time I was in TX, one of my favorite food trucks had a sign that said “no longer excepting cash payments”. I laughed at the grammatical error, but was still a little sad about losing the option to pay with real money. It wasn’t hipster at all, but I guess the clientele was.
Anyway, yes. I see your point but a lot of places realize they have to get modern or fail. It makes me sad to think about.
How can they not accept legal tender? I’m pretty sure that’s against the law.
I don’t really know what the legality of this is. The best explanation I can come up with is: Texas.
I looked it up and there’s no federal law but states can and some do.
I understand why, I just don’t like it.
So yeah, I think I’m getting old 🤣🤣🤣
This and saving small businesses the obsurd credit card fees. I use my card for the smallest amounts at chain and big stores. At local business, cash is king.
Plus you can avoid tax which is always nice.
I hadn’t even thought about the fees, I was just using what was convenient for the business and I want that business to succeed because those tacos are so damn good.
What’s wild is how much easier cash is to not report and commit tax evasion.
I’m cool tipping in cash knowing the server isn’t reporting it all. I’m also cool with street taco vendors not reporting it too. I think the majority of people are, at least where I’m from.
But one of the things I learned about doing business is always make it easy for people to pay. It doesn’t matter the means, but if you want more sales make it easy for the customer to pay you. Whether it’s cash, card, or venmo. If you make it tough or restrict the method, you’ll lose sales
that’s exactly why I always try to tip with cash. when I pay in cash for food, I have no issue if the business wants to pocket it and keep a little extra something for themselves that uncle sam can’t touch. taxes are important, but workers can have a little personal gain, as a treat. plus, credit companies don’t need to get their beaks wet everytime I buy something.
But one of the things I learned about doing business is always make it easy for people to pay.
the weirdest thing I see regularly is “no cash” signs for vendors. I understand some places don’t want to deal with giving change, or holding large amounts of cash at outdoor events, or making lines go quicker, etc. it’s just strange that the most concrete form of regulated currency we have is turned down so often now.
Get a phone wallet
I don’t even use a case, I hate the trend of phones back towards bulky and will resist any attempt to add to their mass.
Spigen has some good drop tested cases that are pretty thin.
I’ll have to take a look, thanks!
I prefer it when my phone doesn’t slide out of my pocket.
Your phone slides out of your pocket? Do your pockets have really wide mouths that expose half of the side?
I skate and am semi active sometimes so even if it didn’t fly out, it’s a good idea to protect it in case I land on it.
Ooh that’s fair, mine is usually tucked away in a soft space when I’m being active.
this is what I see many z and alpha doing, if they’re not just shoving cards and cash into a loose cheap case
I also heard by the socks. Millennials do no-show, but apparently high socks are the style now? Those will never not look super dorky to me, so I guess I’m old now.
Fashion is cyclical
Cynical, too
the only constant is that it’s pretentious
Thigh highs are where it’s at nowadays :3
Millenial here, I never got on board with the no show or low cut or ankle cut or whatever socks, crew socks always. Probably not en vogue with any age group, but I also don’t care. They go great with my cargo shorts.
Crew socks… crunched down ti the height of ankle socks.
I roll them down to make a decorative ankle donut that looks great over my crocs
There’s a lot to unpack here.
I worked at walmart and you would be amazed how many people just whip out a balled up wad of naked cash and change.
God damn it.
Gen X. Don’t use a wallet. Where do I fit in to this theory?
The theory is about millenials having wallets. You’re not a millenial and you don’t have a wallet. No contradictions here.
Gen Xers love wallets. Back in the '90s, you had to have a wallet so you could wear a wallet chain.
In my country you need to carry a few cards, such as ID and drivers license. So yeah, at least i need something to carry those.
The outlier with a credit score under 700 and cashless, probably uses apple pay.
Wallet in Fanny pack gang, rise up!
Eh, most Millenials don’t have “wallets” like older generations had either.
The giant 3-5 inch thick monstrosities.
Even 20 years ago a lot of Gen X had made the switch to just a flat card hold with a couple 20s slid in.
A Millenial with one of those would say they have a wallet. A Gen Z with the same thing would say they had a card holder.
So I think a big part of this is just language evolving.
GenX here, I had to get a rodeo wallet to hold all my shit.
Do cardholders count for this? Because here everyone has at least that, even gen Z.
Much of that is because payment with phones haven’t really taken on for physical payments, since Apple and Google pay don’t support our payment system, Bankaxept, yet.
There is support on the way though, so this will likely change.
I have a wallet and I am gen z, this doesn’t actually work
Gen z here… Everyone around me has wallets
Tbf I am in Berlin, the cash capital of the world, but still.
Yeah, that is bullshit. For Germany at least.
Germany is a backwards nightmare coming from the UK. No self checkout with contactless payment. Instead you queue behind 5 people in Reve, each one counting out coins to pay exactly for whatever they’ve bought.
Rewe added self checkout this year.
Excellent news. Just the public transport tickets left to fix. Why on earth did they emulate paper ticket strips in the transport payment apps?
Not every phone has NFC. Even from 2022.
Probably, so they work with the existing infrastructure.
I prefer self checkout too so I’m not bothered, but it’s really not a big deal.
I’m 42 and I have some cash wrapped around a few cards held together with a rubber band lol it works better than any wallet I’ve ever owned
I can understand moving transactions to digital and not needing to keep cash or a debit card… but what about your ID? If I just stuck that in my pocket by itself I’d be worried about losing it!
Some countries have digital ID. Some people have cards holders stuck on their phone.
A card holder on your phone is just a different kind of wallet.
Yes, but not for the purpose of this post.
I disagree.
That’s fine we don’t all need to be correct.
Call me old-fashioned, while it looks practical I do not want to put my phone and cards together in one easy to steal package.
You’re old fashioned.
I want it all in my phone. I just want to carry one thing.
When I were a lad, I’d get told never to put all my eggs in one basket.
I’m with you. I get the preference for a one-stop-shop as it where, and keeping things separate has it’s own issues, but on top of easier to steal, I leave things behind randomly, and keeping things separate means I’m not completely effed like I would be if I left my phone/wallet/key/epipen multitool on the bus or something.
American here. Some states have digital IDs now. I’m in California and we have this…
I can drop my physical license and it won’t be damaged. I drop my phone, that’s like an eggshell these days…
Why would I want my ID on a fragile device, that thieves like to steal no less?
I’m planning on getting multiple IDs when mine expires. 1 for my wallet, one to keep in my car, and a backup at home.
You can’t do that in the US. To give you another ID they have to punch a hole in the first one, rendering it invalid. Otherwise everyone would just get multiple IDs and sell the extras to their underage friends.
I have both. Lose/forget my wallet, still got it on my phone.
I sleep with my wallet in my pocket, plus my wallet doesn’t need recharging…
I am far less worried of losing my phone than my wallet. I have eyeballs or my hand on my phone probably every two minutes while I am awake. I use it to navigate and play music in my car. I use it for just about everything at work. I won’t forget it at home, or leave it in my car. If I don’t have it with me I will know pretty quickly and track my steps. My wallet on the other hand, I will go days without needing it. It is far more likely for me to not realize my wallet is missing than my phone. If I dropped and broke my phone, having to link my ID again is the least of my worries. Thank would be a lot easier than ordering a new physical copy.
Well, I can say, I’ve never lost my wallet, and it’s highly unlikely I ever will, unless I’m ever robbed of course. My wallet stays in my pocket, 24/7, even when I’m sleeping.
Thieves like to steal wallets too
Yes, of course. But I can drop my wallet and it won’t break.
Ok grandpa.
My state has that as well, but you are still required to carry a physical license if you are driving, same with car insurance info on paper. It doesn’t solve much of a problem since that is the case.
Well, I definitely fit in the box, got a leather billfold wallet. I’d say I feel like I’ve got several good reasons to:
- we don’t have digital ID in this country
- For some reason we sometimes get issued paper tickets for the train rather than QR code tickets
- I’m sometimes out all day and late into the evening and don’t want a dead phone stopping whatever I’m doing
- I go to enough other countries where you can’t get away without using cash
- (Least of all) I find those metal slim wallets to just be a bit ugly looking personally
Youths in my country have their debit card between their phone and phone case.
Am I the only one who never uses phone cases?
We’re a rare breed it seems. I don’t like the extra bulk and I paid for a high end phone I don’t want to feel a $20 case.
have fun paying for high end repairs when you inevitably drop it i guess?
I haven’t minded the extra bulk from cases used, but I also don’t use Otterbox or their alternate equivalents or have a high end phone. I’ve had a case for every smart phone since I’m a clutz sometimes and nervous about breaking it. To each their own 🤷 . But regarding the original topic, I’d feel weird without a physical wallet after so many years of using one.
I’m a clumsy bastard and my insurance is £100 excess per phone repair. Last time I went without a case I think I smashed the screen 3 times in less than 2 years, so the odd £20 case has saved me a fair bit of cash over the years
Forget the cost. I don’t want the inconvenience. I hate dealing with broken phones.
How about having user-replacable back cover?
Not sure I follow. I would definitely enjoy a return to user serviceable devices, including a removable battery compartment. The phones that offer these capabilities are few and far between and often involve unacceptable tradeoffs on other features.
So if someone robs your phone you’re doubly fucked? Also wouldn’t that mess with using the phone payments?
