After paying my rent prior to the 4pm deadline and stashing my cash in a drawer, I was ready for the week. My initial anxiety about this contest is that I will feel as if I get some sort of “bonus” for using my credit card…yikes. After filling up my gas tank and being charged with the $73.19 bill, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for landing on the cashless team.
So what is the key to surviving the cashless vs. cardless smackdown? Roll with a member of the opposite payment method.
Although I am on the arguably easier assignment of going cashless, this tactic has already saved me some considerable grief. Undergoing the unbearably painful process of splitting a huge group check? I’ve got my friend Brooke to make it rain dolla dolla bills and get us out the door. Faced with a $1.25 toll payment on the drive home? Yo, Brooke, you got this suga-mama.
In return, I will be providing her with a payment-free ride to the grocery store and a credi- card-stipend-swipe of the $20 I owe her from the dinner bill. Perfect harmony. An
Is this all too good to be true? More to come…
Not so good to be true. It sounds like you are stuck in some yin yang thing for days. Curious as to how this all ends up.