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Vent: My power went out in Seattle and I couldn't buy a sandwich
Last week, a storm knocked out the grid in my neighborhood for about six hours. I walked to the corner deli, but their card readers were down and I had zero cash on me. I stood there hungry, realizing how helpless a cashless system makes you when the tech fails. Has anyone else been stuck like this during an outage?
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emmam897mo ago
Honestly that moment when you realize you're just a battery away from a sandwich is the worst. Tbh I did the same thing last winter, but I was trying to buy a single sad banana. The guy at the register just looked at me and my dead phone like I was an idiot, which, fair. Now I keep a twenty dollar bill taped inside a random book at home, which means I'll never find it in a real emergency.
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claire_davis315mo ago
Hide it behind your phone case instead. That way you always have it when your battery dies and you still need to pay for stuff.
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zarat387mo ago
Disagree completely, that cash is a perfect emergency fund. You'll only remember it exists when you're truly desperate, which is the whole point. It stops you from spending it on dumb stuff.
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lucash537mo ago
My emergency cash was in a sock drawer until my car battery died.
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