In pre-pandemic days, I nearly always kept a small amount of cash on hand.
I liked to have a few coins to pay for incidentals - coffee, lunch, or
even an occasional chocolate bar. For larger items I might tap my credit
card, or very infrequently (usually when Lyle is with me to check) I
might try to enter the four-digit PIN number on the credit card machine.
These days it seems that nobody wants to touch my actual money, and I
am hesitant to reach out to grasp the credit card device.
This new world in which we all find ourselves has pluses and minuses for
me. On the plus side, I am saving money. I don't go to a restaurant for
lunch anywhere and I haven't been in a grocery store since March. Lyle
does all our grocery shopping from a list that I make up for him. In a
way this also saves money as he is less inclined to pick up those extra
items that are often accumulated in a random shopping trip.
On the negative side to all this, I am wondering where my confidence
will be when this pandemic is over. Will I be able to slip back into
distinguishing coins and sorting bank notes? (Unless I have one of each,
I already find a nickel and a quarter hard to tell apart.)
When the plexiglass barriers come down, I am hopeful that the present
barriers to some do my independent living skills will also be removed.
Cash or credit? For me in these uncertain times, it appears to be
neither. However, I hold to a more positive and optimistic outlook. My
piggy bank isn't getting any lighter!
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