{"id":3352,"date":"2007-02-26T02:01:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T09:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2007-02-26T02:01:59","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T09:01:59","slug":"quickchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/26\/quickchange\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickChange"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to debit cards, cash is pretty much obsolete. I can walk around for days without a dime in pocket or a care in the world, cheerfully deducting all my purchases from my checking account.<\/p>\n

In fact, the only time I find myself in need of greenbacks is when I’m purchasing something so inexpensive that I cannot use my debit card, either because the store has a “minimum charge” policy, or because I’m trying to get Ho Hos out of a vending machine. In these cases there’s always the ATM, but it’s a drag to have to navigate seven menu screens to get cash, and then I typically wind up with $19.15 more than I wanted anyhow.<\/p>\n

That’s why I think ATMs should have a QuickCash option. Here’s how it would work. Two prosthetic hands would be attached to the top of the machine. If you want $5, you hit one and shout “Gimmie five!”; hitting both and shouting “Gimmie ten!” submits your request for a sawbuck. Voice recognition software verifies your identity and the money is dispensed immediately.<\/p>\n

I think this idea could really catch on. And, if successful, the machines could be retrofit to dispense girlie magazines as well. “Gimmie some skin!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to debit cards, cash is pretty much obsolete. I can walk around for days without a dime in pocket or a care in the world, cheerfully deducting all my purchases from my checking account. In fact, the only time I find myself in need of greenbacks is when I’m purchasing something so inexpensive that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}