My own brain burp at Wal-Mart

[CaroPhoenix]

This happened a month or so again.

I went into Wal-Mart to buy some items, and I'm with Child Rum. She always drives me ragged when I am in there with here.

However, we get through this shopping excursion relatively unscathed (and no tantrums), so I'm at the register trying to pay for my purchase.

I run my card. It says it doesn't register. I did this 2 more times before I actually looked at my card.

I was actually trying to pay for my purchase with my AMC Theater Movie Watching card and not my Visa!

[greek_jester]

I was actually trying to pay for my purchase with my AMC Theater Movie Watching card and not my Visa!

My mum had a similar brain burp - she once tried to pay for a meal she'd treated us to with her AA membership card rather than the debit card for her bank account! It's so easy to do, nowadays...

[Setsunaela]

as long as you didn't shout at the poor wally-world employee that their machine was broken, I think you're ok. With all the similar-looking plastic we carry around nowadays it happens a lot..

My mom is well-known for trying to run her Staples Black card thru the Wegmans machine instead of her Wegmans card.. they're both black with gold numbers so it's not so hard..

[wynjara]

Mom recently discovered that Grocery Store A can scan the member cards from Grocery Store B...and have it count for discounts. Just to make things a bit more fun. (No, they look nothing alike. One's neon orange, the other's yellow.)

[Sparky]

Before the days of self-scan card readers I once handed a checker my card and was met with a blank look and a "What am I supposed to do with this?" Seems I'd given her my driver's license. Ooops.

[CaroPhoenix]

No, I didn't yell at the poor wally world employee.

I did apologize to everyone in the line and the cashier. They just looked at me as if I sprouted another head or 3.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I've gotten my share of county library cards in lieu of the store's member card. They're pretty much the same shade of green...

[Fleur]

i've swiped my driver's licence instead of my credit card before. was rather confused as to why it threw up some sort of "invalid card" error, until i looked at my hand and saw the blue of the Michigan licence instead of the yellow of the bank card. bit embarrassing, really.

[calulu]

I did something similar. I was buying groceries at Martins grocery store and tried to swipe my Wegmans bonus card. My kid had to point out I was getting senile again..