No I didn’t just swear. It is a very real question.

When something happens twice to me in very quick succession I often think it means I am supposed to take notice. I have. So you’d better too!

On Saturday while getting some last minute paint for our old office (a couple of quick repairs) I visited a commercial paint supply business to get my supplies. Half way through them preparing my order, I noticed a message stuck over their EFTPOS terminal “EFTPOS Down”. Yes Solver Stones Corner this is you.

So I asked. Noticeably before starting a $200 order they didn’t ask me if I was intending to pay electronically, they just assumed I could read their small note and that I would process it. I did, albeit a little late.

So yes their EFTPOS was down, I had a company credit card, so I asked them to do it manually.

“Sorry they took that option away, but you can walk to an ATM it is less than 5 minutes”.

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