I hope the next time someone pays in front of you, it’s for a single, inexpensive item. Also, it’s the slowest person you’ve ever seen and they start paying in cash, come up short, make up the difference in a hand-written, personal cheque. Then they remember they have a coupon. It’s expired. The cashier calls for a manager override. The customer writes another check for the new balance. Before handing it over, the customer remarks the price label looks incorrect. The cashier gets a price check, confirms the new correct price. Another manager override. Another check. The cashier takes up the cash and realizes one of the coins is of a foreign denomination. The manager is over it by now and tries to pay for the item, but the customer is too proud and insists on paying for it themself, remarking they’ve “never taken a handout in their life.” One of the less patient customers behind you jokingly asks if they’d like to round up for charity. Turns out they very much would and that’s about when the pen begins running out of ink, but they’re determined to make it work.
If that’s affecting you particularly, then you chose to buy a hot dog on a loan AND you failed to pay it off in time. Far cry from inflation and taxes which affect everyone.
Oh those too, but a Netflix subscription is still a better deal than buying tons of movies and shows. There’s literally no reason to be getting klarna hot dogs other than because you’re an idiot.
How is klarna in there?
I mean they suck, I am pretty sure they breached my phone number, but how are they relevant?
Klarna is actively incentivising unhealthy spending patterns, employing dark patterns, stuff like that.
I’m gonna polymarket the outcome of your comment… but I don’t want to pay for the bet all at once…
I hope the next time someone pays in front of you, it’s for a single, inexpensive item. Also, it’s the slowest person you’ve ever seen and they start paying in cash, come up short, make up the difference in a hand-written, personal cheque. Then they remember they have a coupon. It’s expired. The cashier calls for a manager override. The customer writes another check for the new balance. Before handing it over, the customer remarks the price label looks incorrect. The cashier gets a price check, confirms the new correct price. Another manager override. Another check. The cashier takes up the cash and realizes one of the coins is of a foreign denomination. The manager is over it by now and tries to pay for the item, but the customer is too proud and insists on paying for it themself, remarking they’ve “never taken a handout in their life.” One of the less patient customers behind you jokingly asks if they’d like to round up for charity. Turns out they very much would and that’s about when the pen begins running out of ink, but they’re determined to make it work.
This would make an excellent curse to cast on someone. I do wonder if it might be a bit too brutal for c/mildcurses@piefed.social though.
Loan sharks have been a thing for a long time. Legal loan sharks… yeah, that’s new.
Like you can afford that after you borrow money for groceries and pills
You’re fine with paying interest on a loan to buy a hot dog?
If that’s affecting you particularly, then you chose to buy a hot dog on a loan AND you failed to pay it off in time. Far cry from inflation and taxes which affect everyone.
Subscriptions are in the meme and people choose those.
Oh those too, but a Netflix subscription is still a better deal than buying tons of movies and shows. There’s literally no reason to be getting klarna hot dogs other than because you’re an idiot.
Technically using klarna costs nothing if you pay on time… just like credit cards. Of course they prey on those who don’t.
No one is buying a hot dog using Klarna except as a joke. It’s just hire purchase.