I know multiple blog readers who are culprits of this so please don’t take this personal. Not having cash on you = laziness.
Real Life Example
Maybe I don’t want Venmo dollars.
We went bowling last night and one member shows up with exactly 0 dollars. Not only can he not pay for his games because its cash only, but gambling with money you don’t have on you is a no no. I don’t want Venmo dollars. It makes me transfer money and then go to an ATM when you’re the person who should be going to the ATM. Plus when you gamble with electronic money, there’s a good chance you don’t pay. Cash always pays.
I’d venture to say that people who don’t carry cash have poor planning skills or just don’t give a fuck.
Why You Should Carry Cash
- Some establishments still are cash only.
- If no one carries cash, splitting up 1 tab on multiple cards is a pain in the ass establishment.
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Me and my friends.
I can’t stand the person who uses his card to pay for an entire bill among multiple people with cash. This person almost always makes out. I’m a nice person and throw in more than I need to so there isn’t any tip controversy and the person with the card makes out paying $2 total. Plus they control the tip total which could even profit for them. It’s a rat move. Plus you get the credit card points which makes you look extra stingy / rat.
- The only reason you don’t have cash is because you can’t figure out how to go to the ATM during your day which I’m going to go out of my way and attempt to understand. The thought process has to be, “if I don’t have any money, I can’t spend any money.” This is not practical logic.
- I almost always have cash and have probably lent money to people in these types of situations and receive the money back far less than I would if the person would have just carried cash to begin with.
If you don’t agree with me you can make an argument in the comments but you’ll have to be extremely convincing. My argument to you will start with, if you weren’t lazy and could find an ATM, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
Splitting a bill between a large group of people is always a pain in the ass. It’s like people don’t understand how taxes and tipping work.
Besides all the chicks, my favorite part of Richmond is that every restaurant, bar, etc will ask your group if you’d like one check or if you’d like to split it. I dont know why it’s different here but it’s awesome.
I was out with two other couples this weekend (26-27yr olds) and none of them had cash. One person even said they’d Venmo it to me, to which I replied with the same argument you gave above. They suggested I get Venmo, because that’s what everyone uses. Bollocks! Does your dealer accept Venmo? Yah, didn’t think so. I’d prefer to have as little as possible electronically linked to my bank accounts, and/or accessible through your phone. So I’m leaning towards cash on hand being a generational thing; that being said, if you’re in your late 20s or older, and don’t have cash on you, GTFO. If there’s no cash in your wallet, there’s moths. And you shouldn’t be going out in the first place!
Although I can’t help but feel like an old man fighting the changing times. Yes, cash is becoming obsolete, but until it is, CASH. IS. KING.
(And if you’re referring to me about putting the tab on my card, and keeping the cash from Steve’s bday dinner last summer, fuck you. Revel’s ATMs charged like a $10 transaction fee, meaning I’d have to pull out a g to minimize it to 1%. Besides, if you know a server, date/dated a server, or served tables yourself, if you tip ANYTHING less than 20% you’re just embarrassing yourself.)
Just to clarify the above comment was actually not my brother, but my friend Sam who broke his comment cherry.
Did you mean dealer as in drug dealer?
Also you are exactly correct that I remembered the dinner from Revel a year ago and decided to keep it inside me until the opportune moment almost 14 months after to sheepishly write about it and post it on Facebook so you’d backhandedly take it as an insult.
Thanks for commenting.
Brother Sam is formulating his response in a long rebuttal blog post.