'Cash only' policy may prevent retail fraud which is miniscule compared to online fraud (advance in tech.), but (1) it encourages money laundering activity (street drugs are cash only) and (2) also discourages their target 'under banked' customer because their paycheck needs to be cashed!

If 'cash only' is not the corporate policy, but individual store/manager policy then it is our social responsibility to call out such business practices and have some voice in neighborhood business to run responsibly, keeping the drug dealers and money launderers out of our communities, cities, states and the country, for our grand kids!

Bancorp ended paying $1.3 billion fine to the justice dept. for the charges of money laundering activities not too long ago. Bancorp could not track the source of cash (how can they?) all CC payment has the data trail and the footprint.

I am not suggesting to scream at the cashier nor walk out like a lamb! The lies and misconceptions needs to be cleared and every store must have consistent, uniform and defined policies. The cashiers and managers must stop acting like owners! they work for the shareholders and serve our communities.

Yes I can believe this. I imagine that they can't understand how a "young" woman can afford to spend that much when they at "over 40/50" probably couldn't. So yea I can see them assuming things were fishy. However, I provided reasons, I thought, paying bills with debit but I gave up on it. It was just a good way to get extra spend on my 2x card. I will just keep milking my other 5x cards to make up for it.

Normally I would call you out on thinking it was your gender, but those old ladies really love selling me stuff (younger guy.) They're like the grandmas I never had.

LOL. Naw it wasn't a call on gender. Mostly just on being young.

To be fair I do have to avoid the younger girl grocery cashiers, most are scared to even sell me one VGC, want to study drivers license etc...maybe because they're used to dating broke guys lol

Funny, I always have the opposite problems. I try and avoid grandma types as they are the most nervous.

That is funny. One time a girl looked at my license and said "You're only a year older than me!"

Chuckled a little bit when I got back out to the parking lot and was ripping open the packaging.

I too prefer the younger type. They seem to be nonchalant about what you are doing even if they are amazed at how much you are spending. I once got "OMG $2000 on gift cards?!?"

I prefer younger cashiers too, they've grown up in an "all electronic" society. I think it's less weird for them to see someone pay for everything with a swipe vs. using cash. Plus less life experience = less suspicious. (That's my take, anyways...)

This.

I've found younger cashiers, regardless of gender, are more easy to deal with for MS. Although I've had one or two who just couldn't be bothered to figure out how to load something and sent me to CS desk

I agree on the youngsters. Hopefully they won't be nervous, but a soothing, "I'm sure it will go through just fine..." is often enough encouragement for them to try it. They seem more likely to comment about what an enormous sum xxx is, though.

The other side is that if you are a little older, those cashiers in the 40-50 range can get a little resentful. I find younger cashiers easier to work with much of the time. Only solution is to move to the next opportunity.

My experience too.

The real question is: can I use them at the craps table?

Sweet! I'll be in Vegas in a couple of weeks! LOL but not sure that I am comfortable with a load of GCs on me.