TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

And if Money watched it, his Goddamned head would explode.

Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness.

"Mmm, yes."

[garbon]

Maybe that's an NYC thing.  You can go anywhere in Columbia with a debit card and pay.  Even bullshit hipster places--used book store, comic book store, upscale eatery, downscale bar.  Hell, you can pay with a debit card at the DMV.  It rings false to me, but perhaps it's just I don't live in the, er, hub of civilization.

It happens in many American cities.

[jimmy olsen]

In Korea the debit card is king, credit cards are more rare and far more punishing debt wise to use than in the U.S.

[Ideologue]

Maybe that's an NYC thing.  You can go anywhere in Columbia with a debit card and pay.  Even bullshit hipster places--used book store, comic book store, upscale eatery, downscale bar.  Hell, you can pay with a debit card at the DMV.  It rings false to me, but perhaps it's just I don't live in the, er, hub of civilization.

It happens in many American cities.

Anyway, the question is more, since the restaurant does take credit cards, why does she have a PIN-only debit card?  And if so, why doesn't she know that?  It's a stupid part of a stupid movie.

[Grey Fox]

It's because your system is stupid or the movie maker simply set is movie in the wrong country.

[garbon]

Maybe that's an NYC thing.  You can go anywhere in Columbia with a debit card and pay.  Even bullshit hipster places--used book store, comic book store, upscale eatery, downscale bar.  Hell, you can pay with a debit card at the DMV.  It rings false to me, but perhaps it's just I don't live in the, er, hub of civilization.

It happens in many American cities.

Anyway, the question is more, since the restaurant does take credit cards, why does she have a PIN-only debit card?  And if so, why doesn't she know that?  It's a stupid part of a stupid movie.

I think it is possible to have happen. But I can't speak to the film, as I haven't seen it.

[crazy canuck]

Maybe that's an NYC thing.  You can go anywhere in Columbia with a debit card and pay.  Even bullshit hipster places--used book store, comic book store, upscale eatery, downscale bar.  Hell, you can pay with a debit card at the DMV.  It rings false to me, but perhaps it's just I don't live in the, er, hub of civilization.

Here debit cards cost the merchant less than credit cards.  There are a lot of places here that take only cash or debit.  Some places that do offer payment by credit card have small signs asking their customers to consider paying with debit or cash.  All of the small places where I eat lunch take cash only.

[Ideologue]

So what I'm hearing is it's actually less convenient to live in your affluent urban cores than it is in Hickton, USA.  Cool.

Edit: I'm also hearing that this is not something that should have taken a 27 year old long-term resident of NYC unawares.

[garbon]

Edit: I'm also hearing that this is not something that should have taken a 27 year old long-term resident of NYC unawares.

What exactly happens in this scene?

Also, I find it very easy to avoid places that don't take card / it isn't very hard to get a hold of cash - even if you are finicky and have to use your own bank's atm to avoid fees.

[Capetan Mihali]

So what I'm hearing is it's actually less convenient to live in your affluent urban cores than it is in Hickton, USA.  Cool.

Edit: I'm also hearing that this is not something that should have taken a 27 year old long-term resident of NYC unawares.

canuck is saying the opposite, though...

[Ideologue]

Frances gets a tax refund (this is presented as something of a surprise, like winning the lottery, and not something she knew was coming--and she also gets it in the actual mail like some kind of caveperson--but that's neither here nor there).

She calls this guy she knows that wears v-necks with Cosmo Kramer's coat, and invites him to dinner.  Her treat!  At the end of the meal is told her card doesn't work because they "only accept cash or credit cards."

If her debit card is like most debit cards, it works as a credit card due to Visa or Mastercard functionality.  This is, incidentally, what I mean by almost everywhere accepting debit cards.

However, she could have a PIN-only debit card, which do exist although they're pretty rare.  But if she does, she knows that she needs to be aware that many places don't have set-ups that permit direct linking to her bank, and so she would choose a restaurant she knew took her debit card, or she would at least not fail to inquire before looking foolish in front of someone.

[Ideologue]

So what I'm hearing is it's actually less convenient to live in your affluent urban cores than it is in Hickton, USA.  Cool.

Edit: I'm also hearing that this is not something that should have taken a 27 year old long-term resident of NYC unawares.

canuck is saying the opposite, though...

Well, it's also inconvenient if they don't take credit cards.

[garbon]

Frances gets a tax refund (this is presented as something of a surprise, like winning the lottery, and not something she knew was coming--and she also gets it in the actual mail like some kind of caveperson--but that's neither here nor there).

She calls this guy she knows that wears v-necks with Cosmo Kramer's coat, and invites him to dinner.  Her treat!  At the end of the meal is told her card doesn't work because they "only accept cash or credit cards."

If her debit card is like most debit cards, it works as a credit card due to Visa or Mastercard functionality.  This is, incidentally, what I mean by almost everywhere accepting debit cards.

However, she could have a PIN-only debit card, which do exist although they're pretty rare.  But if she does, she knows that she needs to be aware that many places don't have set-ups that permit direct linking to her bank, and so she would choose a restaurant she knew took her debit card, or she would at least not fail to inquire before looking foolish in front of someone.

Oh no, I could see that she might not remember. I often don't have cash on me when I've been hoodwinked into going to a cash only place. Though poor form for a date.

[Ideologue]

Exactly, she wasn't dragooned into going to some random place.  She made the plans; thus, she is irresponsible yet again, absent-minded bordering on downright negligent.  In forms both subtle and gross, this movie truly does hate our generation.

[katmai]

You do know who wrote the film?