allie
i am so ridiculously proud of my friends. not only are they phenomenal people, but they are also extremely talented.
Running Cartoon
miss allie ran the chicago marathon today in 2:42:06, a time which qualifies her for the olympic trials. did i mention it is only allie’s second marathon ever? allie is an incredible woman who is smart, sweet, and obviously excessively talented.
congrats are being a complete bad ass, allison.
kiosk question queue
There are few things that annoy me quite as much as the five to ten questions on the credit card kiosk at a retailer. I just want it to read my card, spit it out, and let me go on my way. Don’t get me wrong, I have no gripes with the logical and security questions: I don’t mind putting in my pin for debit transactions, and I don’t mind signing for credit ones. However, I do mind being asked if I want cash back, or if have read and accepted the terms and conditions, or if I want to sign up for the retailers credit card for 15% off of my next purchase, and if I’m sure about all of the previous answers I have given. I’ve noticed it takes longer and longer to check out these days, all thanks to the seemingly infinite question queue at the kiosk.
Credit Card Touch Screen Kiosk
Today, however, Target outdid itself. I stopped by to grab a coffee and muffin on my way back from lunch and inserted my debit card to pay for my items. $6.25. Fine. PIN: **** - check. Cash back: ugh, no –check. Am I sure: yes, I’m sure - check. Finally, I looked away from the screen thinking I had completed my transaction since it had seemingly become so routine. The clerk stared at me. I looked back down. She was waiting for me to finish – but I was sure there were no more questions! One final and very perplexing question presented itself on the screen: Are you sure you want to put the entire amount on this card?
Target
Seriously? It’s $6.25! Maybe that was Target’s way of mocking me since I typically spend anywhere between $40 and $200 each time I walk through those inviting red doors. Target is taunting me, saying “seriously, Lindsay? You’re at Target! $6.25? Wow, don’t spend it all in one place…”
The only interesting thing about the new question in the queue is that now I am fully aware that I can buy a lot more stuff at Target, putting 45% of it on my debit card, 50% of it on my credit card, and the remaining 5% on that stack of $5 Target gift cards I get every time I lug the 44.1 pound bag of Purina dog food through the store. I guess the never-ending question queue is helping me find new ways to spend my money, or lack thereof.
baby food
i learned today that as an infant, i was not fed baby food. instead, as a money saving technique, my parents took the leftovers from their meals, put them in a quasi-blender, turned said leftovers into a liquid form, and fed them to me. this is nearly synonymous with scraping your plate into your garbage disposal and eating what come out the other end. or better yet, having the family dog lick your plate clean. thanks mom, thanks dad. but, as my dad reassured me, it must have worked because i have “great muscle structure… it had to be the pseudo-baby-food.”
I bet there was a better version of this in the late 70s/ early 80s.
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