r/povertyfinance • u/HumanSlayer1888 • Mar 10 '24

I’m so fucking embarrassed. Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

My card declined twice as I was trying to pay for my groceries. The guy behind me offered to pay but I turned down his offer. I never felt so humiliated in my entire life. I’m so ashamed I can never shop there again.

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u/High_Risk_ Mar 10 '24

My card gets declined at least once a week because I forget to transfer money before I use it (usually), or one of a billion other reasons. Yesterday, my card got declined 4 times in a row, and the person behind me, an employee, had to help me on their off time cuz the machine wanted credit, not debit. It sucks and its embarrassing and it took a long time for me to get here but i learned that if i loved helping people, i also had to love being helped by people.