Libertytree
29th January 2011, 09:11 PM
Today many of our customers had a SHTF moment upon being told or by reading the sign that it was cash only. It was really kinda priceless watching their minds spin, even just for that few seconds as that 'oh shit' look painted itself across their faces. For most it was short lived once they realized there was an ATM just down the way at the plaza or they could get cash back at the Publix, if they had to go there for something else. There were 3-4 others though that must be on a tight line with their credit cards because they went into full panic mode! I'm assuming they couldn't do a cash advance and could only use what credit they had left for their purchase.
It did make for some interesting conversations, for instance, one fella let it be proudly known he had plenty of money in the bank and he'd just go get however much he wanted or needed. He was quite pleased with himself..until I asked him what he'd do in the case of a bank run and they shut it ALL down and how screwed he'd be then ;D He looked at me weird but I had made my point. I think he left there thinkin' about it seriously but he didn't come back to further the conversation. Had lots of similar instances today because of whatever glitch caused the outage but it sure made for an interesting day at the store....and then some.
Oh...I forgot. We do our electronic transactions through a DSL connection there. Makes me wonder how much money an entire country such as Egypt is losing by shutting down their net?
It did make for some interesting conversations, for instance, one fella let it be proudly known he had plenty of money in the bank and he'd just go get however much he wanted or needed. He was quite pleased with himself..until I asked him what he'd do in the case of a bank run and they shut it ALL down and how screwed he'd be then ;D He looked at me weird but I had made my point. I think he left there thinkin' about it seriously but he didn't come back to further the conversation. Had lots of similar instances today because of whatever glitch caused the outage but it sure made for an interesting day at the store....and then some.
Oh...I forgot. We do our electronic transactions through a DSL connection there. Makes me wonder how much money an entire country such as Egypt is losing by shutting down their net?