Jul. 18th, 2015

Another piece of Canadian pie has been swallowed up by the ravages of time. Canadian Tire no longer gives you Canadian Tire bills with your change, although for now they are still accepting them towards your purchases.

Instead, they offer loyalty cards (in both credit-card size and keychain-size), similar to the ones PetSmart has had for quite a while. I THINK the discount they give you is still the same percentage, and that it's been expanded so you no longer have to pay cash to get that discount.

But somehow it's not the same. Not only do I never have any idea how much "money" I've accumulated, but it's no longer possible to give my kid or grandkid a couple of dollars' worth of the bills to buy a small treat for herself.

I guess you can't always fight "progress", but isn't the trend away from cash and Sandy MacTire bills seriously disenfranchising the youngest members of our society?
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