Ha, I read a story last year about a town in Sweden where the card system went down for almost a whole day and shops had to turn people away. Some stores started writing IOUs on paper for regulars. That stuck with me, so now I keep about $40 folded in my car and a twenty in my wallet. Not full doomsday mode, just enough to cover lunch and gas if the machines flake out.

Man, that stinks. Getting your own money locked up for 11 days over a $60 fill-up is wild, and the $9 fee eats that 1% cashback real quick. How did you finally get the cash out, did they make you jump through hoops or did it just unfreeze on its own?

Wait, was it ads that killed you or the course itself? Honestly the screenshots aren't the real problem, ad costs are what nobody warns you about.