Ok this is not a massive deal but I do feel like a ripe pile of shit. I am an apprentice earning next to minimum wage so when I say I live pay check to pay check, I literally do. I usually have maybe $10 in my account by Friday after rent, bills, groceries.
So yesterday I forgot my lunch. A silly mistake and now I was reduced to buying it. Walk in to a sandwich bar and see the menu, $9.50 for ham and cheese sandwich...k that'll tide me over. Lady makes it then asks for the money. I show my card.
'Cash only' she says with her thick accent.
'Oh! Ah, umm...' I replied like a babbling idiot.
'ATM accross street' as she points over the busy road.
I look at my bank account and I don't even have enough to get money out. So I said I can't afford it sorry and walked out. Now they have to throw away the sandwich, and make a loss because I am too poor to get my money out and turn into a tangible legal tender. FML.
But then I was thinking. Something must be very wrong if a person who works full time and still finds it a challenge to feed themselves. Not only that but the assumption that people have enough money to be able to convert it to legal tender.
We ended up driving to the closest chain that didn't have a minimum eftpos to purchase food. All whilst my boss and collegues were giving me shit about it. Not a big deal but extremely embarrassing.
Submitted August 02, 2018 at 08:47PM by Dickyknee85 https://ift.tt/2veof3Z
