Cash or Credit

Sorry. We no longer take cash as a means of payment.

I'm not kidding. You never thought billionaires will make outer space their next Hawaii. Did you? In the future, cashiers will change the usual question: cash or credit?

Clothes we bought with credit cards have a tendency of hanging sadly in the wardrobe, with price tags still loyally attached. 

Which means one thing: we did not need them then, we don’t need them now. We bought them because credit cards are permanent residents in our wallets and purses, although they have no business being there.

They belong at home, in that old handbag on top of the wardrobe, unless you are a travelling salesman, Toronto Raptors basketball player or pilot. Only health cards should be in our wallets because we can get sick or be in an accident, any time.

Credit cards live in our purses because shopping is the depression and boredom doctor. We use them to buy things we don’t need. Whatever is worrying us gets swiped away, the minute we swipe or tap. That store bag also gives us a natural high, especially if friend or foe sees us with bags from expensive stores.

But you are wrong. We keep credit cards in the wallet, just in case we come across store sales. Better still we might find something that will be perfect for cousin Lula May’s wedding in six months’ time.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.