Receipts? Only The Poor Keep Them

old blog 18 June 2022, about keeping grocery store and other receipts.

Do you want the receipt?

We don’t take the receipt when buying a cup of tea, coffee, muffin or gum. We also don’t take it at the bakery because the bread we bought will graduate to toast or sandwiches as soon as we get home.

Our declining to take receipts is directly linked to means of payment. We pay with plastic bank cards. We haven’t used cash since 2020, the arrival of COVID-19. Receipts have important information besides the price.

They have specials of the day, with a 5% discount. Why not? Every dollar counts. Receipts have government tax, because governments are like bed bugs. They suck helpless humans at night and during the day.

Bank cards are the main reason why we don’t take receipts. It means the current account is healthy. That is why we don’t question cashiers. They just scan the baked beans and cucumber. The store computer calculates everything and machines don’t make mistakes, right?

Do you want the receipt?

You know homeless guys on your block, but it’s still surprising to see them in the local grocery store. They don’t have the magical bank and credit cards. They use cash and they take receipts. Have to, for future budgeting on limited funds.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.