Folks in the marketing business love to invent new meanings for words that people like. First they changed “free” from “You want this? Take it!” to “You want this? Commit to buying a pile of crap you don’t want at inflated prices, then we’ll throw this in.” Then they changed “loyalty” from “You trust us and keep dealing with us because we’ve always treated you fairly and honestly” to “You keep dealing with us because when you show us your card, we give you a few pennies off a couple of prices while we’re raising all the others.”
She’s suffering from divided loyalties — well, maybe not “suffering” since she looks happy enough.
Where I sometimes shop, you can enter your phone number if you don’t have your card handy, but something tells me this lady would take her sweet time doing that also.
I’m guessing that after she finally finds the loyalty card, she’ll spend an equal amount of time trying to find her debit card. Gonna be a long wait.
To the man standing behind her: Sorry, friend, but “loyalty” is just an expression.
Kiba65 11 days ago
Use to be check writing…
Tigressy 10 days ago
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wi3leong Premium Member 10 days ago
Dated. Now every chain has it’s own app.
Linguist 10 days ago
Where I live, the stores ask for your card before they ring up your transaction.
quinones.felix 10 days ago
Store loyalty cards are for conditioning the masses for Revelation 13.
The Brooklyn Accent 10 days ago
Folks in the marketing business love to invent new meanings for words that people like. First they changed “free” from “You want this? Take it!” to “You want this? Commit to buying a pile of crap you don’t want at inflated prices, then we’ll throw this in.” Then they changed “loyalty” from “You trust us and keep dealing with us because we’ve always treated you fairly and honestly” to “You keep dealing with us because when you show us your card, we give you a few pennies off a couple of prices while we’re raising all the others.”
mistercatworks 10 days ago
It’s the store that’s loyal. (yeah, right)
braindead Premium Member 10 days ago
Data collection cards. Your data.
eddi-TBH 10 days ago
No wonder food prices are going up. Someone hat to pay for all those discounts.
paullp Premium Member 10 days ago
Random Musings:
She’s suffering from divided loyalties — well, maybe not “suffering” since she looks happy enough.
Where I sometimes shop, you can enter your phone number if you don’t have your card handy, but something tells me this lady would take her sweet time doing that also.
I’m guessing that after she finally finds the loyalty card, she’ll spend an equal amount of time trying to find her debit card. Gonna be a long wait.
To the man standing behind her: Sorry, friend, but “loyalty” is just an expression.
rockyridge1977 6 days ago
Better than “green stamps”!!!!!!