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Originally Posted by btimbit
Really? Maybe's it's just carried over from the days where getting approved took 10-20+ seconds, but like George Carlin says, I can't stand the guys waiting around to get approved for a pack of cheese doodles. Pretty sure it's not just drug dealers and strippers that have a spare toonie available for coffee.
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There may have been some advancements in paying from a card in the 13 years since that George Carlin movie came out. I'm guessing there have even been some in the 6 years since your reference point died. I've been stuck behind people who decide to count out the cash in change to make a purchase in the time my entire order could be run through, I pay and I'm out the door. If you don't have exact change, the cashier then has to count out change for you, and if the roll of quarters hasn't been broken, there's more time. With flash pay, it's about 5 seconds for the entire transaction and when entering a PIN it's about 10 seconds. Add in the time at coffee shops when people are deciding what they want to order, even though they order the same thing every day, that could take up almost 20 seconds of your day.