"NOPE. I DON'T" SAID MY STUD.
"BUT... WHAT FOR???" I ASKED.
"LOOK. IT IS BETTER TO BUY ON LINE WITH A DEBIT CARD, SO HACKERS WON'T STEAL ALL YOUR "CREDIT" YOU KNOW? SO THE DEBIT CARDS ALLOW YOU TO PUT IN THERE THE MONEY YOU ARE GONNA USE ON LINE AND... TA DAAAN!!! NEO WON'T STEAL YOU!!! THAT'S IT"
"YOU COULD BUY ONE..." I SAID HONESTLY.
"IN CHILE??? NOPE. IMPOSSIBLE. THEY DON'T EXIST. NOT VISA OR MASTERCARD AT LEAST OR AMERICAN EXPRESS, THE STANDARD CARDS TO BUY IN THE NET. I THINK, IF THEY EXIST, YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR ONE, BUT THEY HAVE CHARGES AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR HAVING IT LIKE... EACH THREE MONTHS IF IT'S NOT MONTHLY, NOPE, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT"
"EXPLAIN ME AGAIN WHY YOU DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD"
"SIMPLY. THERE'S A STORE THREE BLOCKS FROM MY HOME WHERE I BUY EXPRESS DIET COKE FOR A PENNY, NOT A DOLLAR FOR A CAN. NORMALLY THEY HAVE DIET EXPRESS COKE IN BOTTLE, HARDLY EVER THEY DON'T, BUY THERE'S LIKE TEN STORES NEAR WHERE I CAN BUY ONE, SO IN THAT CASE I HAVE TO WALK A LITTLE FURTHER"
"WHY YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS???"
"WHERE I GO NORMALLY, THE STORE OWNER KNOWS ME, SO IF I DON'T HAVE THE PENNY IN MY POCKET, THAT HAPPENS KINDA... NEVER, BUT HE TELLS ME I CAN PAY LATER, AS I GO VERY OFTEN. YOU KNOW AS I DON'T DRINK IS LIKE GOING TO A BAR FOR ME... YES!!! BUT WHEN I OWE HIM THE PENNY I DON'T LIKE THE FEELING. IT IS AWFUL!!! A PENNY, MIKE, YOU THINK I WANT TO HAVE A "CREDIT CARD"? I DON'T THINK SO. THE BOURGEOIS PEOPLE HATE ME FOR THAT, CAUSE I PAY CASH, ANYWAY"
"SO HOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY ON LINE???"
"WITH PAYPAL. MY ACCOUNT HAS A CARD THAT CAN BE USED AS DEBIT AND TO PAY ON LINE IN CHILE (NOT THE REST OF THE WORLD) AND TO RETRIEVE MONEY FROM A CASH MACHINE, YOU CAN USE IT TO PAY THE BUS OR THE SUBWAY TOO, BAD IDEA SO YOU'LL GET YOUR BANK CARD STOLEN IN A BRIEF, AND ALSO IT CAN BE USED TO OPEN DOORS. SOME DOORS. AND AS A BOOK MARKER."
"OH, I SEE... YOU CUB!!!"
"C'MON, YOU'RE LAUGHING. I KNOW YOU. I KNOW YOU. ANYWAY. FOR PAYPAL I NEED A CODE NUMBER I DON'T KNOW, SO I'LL HAVE TO CALL THE BANK TO KNOW THAT NUMBER. THEN PAYPAL SHOULD APPROVE THE BANK ACCOUNT, AS THE CARD IS USELESS FOR PAYPAL, AND, THAT'S ALL... EASY MONEY!!!"
"WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BUY???"
"CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER. I BUY ALL PRESENTS FOR ME AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT, IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, CAUSE I SEE HOW PEOPLE GO CRAZY IN DECEMBER CAUSE EVERYTHING IS OUT OF STOCK. AND THEY RUN BUYING ALL PRESENTS MAKING OF CHRISTMAS A NIGHTMARE SIMILAR TO THE GIRLS WHO CELEBRATE THEIR 15'S, ANYWAY..."
"WELL, THAT'S SMART..."
"YEP"
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