02-12-2015, 05:53 PM
It seems like everywhere I go now, in every store, the cashier unfailingly asks me the same question:
"Do you have a _______ rewards card?"
I never do and when I respond to them, they generally try to convince me that I need one.
For the uninitiated, the rewards card system entitles customers who have signed up for and received the card to savings not available to the general public.
My main gripe is that I constantly get asked about signing up and it bothers the shit out of me. But really there is a more practical problem with it-- why not just give everyone the savings instead of making people jump through hoops to get them?
I think it comes down to harvesting your information such as email address, phone number, etc. which gets on my fucking nerves as well.
It might make a little sense for some stores, but now it is everywhere! The gas station, the auto parts store, the pharmacy, the grocery store . . . next thing you know, I'll be at a fucking flea market and hear the guy running the ring toss asking me if I have a ring toss rewards card!
Does this bother anyone else, or is it just me?
"Do you have a _______ rewards card?"
I never do and when I respond to them, they generally try to convince me that I need one.
For the uninitiated, the rewards card system entitles customers who have signed up for and received the card to savings not available to the general public.
My main gripe is that I constantly get asked about signing up and it bothers the shit out of me. But really there is a more practical problem with it-- why not just give everyone the savings instead of making people jump through hoops to get them?
I think it comes down to harvesting your information such as email address, phone number, etc. which gets on my fucking nerves as well.
It might make a little sense for some stores, but now it is everywhere! The gas station, the auto parts store, the pharmacy, the grocery store . . . next thing you know, I'll be at a fucking flea market and hear the guy running the ring toss asking me if I have a ring toss rewards card!

Does this bother anyone else, or is it just me?