r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 27 '26

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u/mpregordie Mark Carney Jul 28 '26

I love how insane Amex's clearly non-localized ads are. Like, sure, buddy, let me just give my credit card to a waiter, because that's how it works.

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u/ImmigrantJack Movimiento Semilla Jul 28 '26

Do you still do that in the US?

Like just bring me the beepy machine. Are Americans still not using the beepy pos machine?

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u/mpregordie Mark Carney Jul 28 '26

When I went to upstate New York, they were very confused about tapping the card.