One of the drawbacks of the cashless society is we tend to spend a bit more -- not feeling the greenbacks somehow abstracts the notion of what we're paying and makes it a bit easier to rationalize the larger sums, I think. So we swipe and we spend maybe a few bucks more than we like. Happens to the best of us.

Unless you're Dale's daughter, who went a little nutty at CVS and, if Visa is to be believed, spent enough to cover the national debt...two thousand times over. Final tally is $23 quadrillion, or $23 million-millionbillion, if you like. Oh, and a $20 negative balance fee.

From: [identity profile] dvandom.livejournal.com


Quadrillion (1015) is a thousand million million. A mere million million is a trillion (or, if you're British, a billion, with 1015 being a bilyard).

From: [identity profile] phoenixfire12.livejournal.com


What'd she do? buy the whole franchise 100 times over? And what DID she actually purchase?

From: [identity profile] erica-roo.livejournal.com


This is why you should buy all your pharmacy items at Walgreens. ;-)

From: [identity profile] erica-roo.livejournal.com


Hmm... I saw a very similar story on the KC news today with nearly the exact same amount charged elsewhere. Do you suppose hackers are trying to get free masses of money?
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