Always with the receipts. Every purchase I make comes with a receipt. I bought some sesame sticks the other day and they gave me a foot long receipt, no joke. What am I supposed to do with all of this paper? Sometimes I shred them up and put them in the compost, but they have this weird sheen, so I'm not sure if that's the best idea. I don't have a fireplace and since I decided recycling was out of the question for the Trash Project, I decided to save them all. The pile is growing. Receipts may not rank that high on the scale of ridiculously unnecessary trash, but do we honestly need all of these paper records? To conclude, I leave you with the wise words of Mr. Mitch Hedberg:"I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut. I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll give you the money, you give me the doughnut—end of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this. I just cannot imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend—"Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut—I got the documentation right here! Oh wait, it's back home in the file…under 'D'…for doughnut."Monday, March 3
Receipts!!!
Always with the receipts. Every purchase I make comes with a receipt. I bought some sesame sticks the other day and they gave me a foot long receipt, no joke. What am I supposed to do with all of this paper? Sometimes I shred them up and put them in the compost, but they have this weird sheen, so I'm not sure if that's the best idea. I don't have a fireplace and since I decided recycling was out of the question for the Trash Project, I decided to save them all. The pile is growing. Receipts may not rank that high on the scale of ridiculously unnecessary trash, but do we honestly need all of these paper records? To conclude, I leave you with the wise words of Mr. Mitch Hedberg:"I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut. I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll give you the money, you give me the doughnut—end of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this. I just cannot imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend—"Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut—I got the documentation right here! Oh wait, it's back home in the file…under 'D'…for doughnut."
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Haha, that's a funny one. In Chile, it's actually illegal to not take a receipt for a transaction - I think it's a tax audit thing. Anyway, your post reminded me of many times when I'd try to walk away from a "caja" in Chile without a receipt and the clerk would literally freak out and scream after me to take the damn thing.
On a positive note, though, I just love the fact that most ATMs and gas pumps (in this country anyway) will now let you opt out of the receipt from the beginning. Baby steps...
Wait until you're self-employed or running your own business - then your receipts mean cold hard cash you don't have to pay to the government. So the trick is getting the IRS to accept electronic receipts. What if we all had a card that kept track of everything? What would be bad about that? I mean, except for the whole, Big Brother keeping track of your every move and purchase. Okay, yes, that's bad. What to do?
BTW, I believe I have written off a donut on my tax return. (Business Lunch)
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