Ever since I had Pumpkin, I’ve considered those credit/debit card scanners at the pumps at gas stations among my proverbial best friends. When you’ve got a baby in the car, it’s so much easier to just step out, swipe your card and pump your gas than it is to pump the gas, get the little one out of the carseat, go in and wrestle with your wallet to get the card or money out, and go back out and put the kid back in the carseat.
There was no pay-at-the-pump at my gas station of choice when she was a baby, so unless Hubby was with me, I would usually go to a different station then. They finally put card scanners at my favorite station a couple of years ago, though. And even though Pumpkin is half grown, they are still quite a blessing. If I’m just getting gas, I don’t have to take her in and contend with her running straight for the nachos and dip machine, or the Slushie machine, or any of the other overpriced stuff that’s irresistible to a pre-preteen.
Now if it were only that easy at the grocery store. It would be great if I could just print out a list on their website or something, stick that list and my debit card in a scanner outside, and have someone bring the groceries out and load them. Not only would Pumpkin not be asking for everything she saw, I wouldn’t be able to make any impulse buys, either.
