Walllets on social media

There are a lot of modern wallets out there which look like a sharp rectangle. You should not buy them. I had one of them and I used it for many years. It felt great, so small. I felt smart using it. Then I thought that Apple Wallet and Apple Pay should replace even that small thing. But it didn’t happen. I have noticed that I am losing stuff. Because I don’t have a consistent place to keep cash, stamp cards, coupons, notes, COINS (I never have a point when I need one). I keep putting them in different pockets. It’s not a good system, I can never have them when I need them most. And when I try to find them at home, I can’t even do that. After a decade not having a wallet with me, I realised that I need my big fat wallet back. I need to use George Costanza’s wallet and keep everything there.

One time I had some guests and I gave them my contactless cards to use as a transport tickets. To my shock, none of them were working. I think it happened because I stored them together in a big box at home. I would buy a new wallet which would have isolated compartments for each card, which prevent RFID, magnetic stripes, and NFC from interfering and even damaging each other. But I have not found a wallet like this. Funny, some of them advertise RFID protection, putting isolation outside the wallet, instead of using it inside where it should be.

Watching all these Facebook and Instagram ads, finally I wanted to say it makes me sick to see letters appearing in the middle of an ad. I can’t turn them off, they obscure the view and it’s just ugly. I understand that the only reason people use them is because we mute our phones and big text forces you to read and you end up watching something you don’t even want to watch. This is disgusting.