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I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
 

I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
I feel like this has been happening in incremental chunks, probably tougher for the weirdos on the right to challenge it in court; and once cancelled they can’t really reinstate so hopefully they will keep canceling debt as long as they can and if not this time hopefully the next.
 

I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
What if your loans have already defaulted? This says if you are at risk of defaulting.

Also, like you, I stated college in 2004 and used up all my forbearance time. I’m not sure if I qualify or not for this.
 

I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
I don't know how they are going to figure this out for everyone, unless they just plan to ignore a lot of us. I paid for six years on my undergrad loans, deferred while in grad school, consolidated them with my grad school loans to qualify for income based repayment after grad school, and have paid for six more years since. I think I'm just boned, but I'm still happy for anyone who gets more of theirs forgiven. It's a shit show and the more that's done the better.
 
The brazenness of asking for a tip for a remote cashier is nutty to me. But then we’ve been headed that way for a minute.

If I walked in and was greeted by a machine that told me the virtual cashier would be back in a moment, I would for sure leave.

What I don’t know is how I would feel about a virtual cashier in the first place. Why not just do self check out?
 
The brazenness of asking for a tip for a remote cashier is nutty to me. But then we’ve been headed that way for a minute.

If I walked in and was greeted by a machine that told me the virtual cashier would be back in a moment, I would for sure leave.

What I don’t know is how I would feel about a virtual cashier in the first place. Why not just do self check out?
I bet it's cheaper than self checkouts. Small business / chains wouldn't build their own systems, and if they use software / systems made by some tech company, I can almost guarantee the tech company takes a percentage of each sale.
 
I bet it's cheaper than self checkouts. Small business / chains wouldn't build their own systems, and if they use software / systems made by some tech company, I can almost guarantee the tech company takes a percentage of each sale.
I’d bet cost wise it’s about the same but return on tips is greater. I’m for sure laughing at the self checkout Machine asking for a tip. The fact that the interviewed Cashier stated that she shares the tip with the kitchen and manager is a telling sign.
 
I bet it's cheaper than self checkouts. Small business / chains wouldn't build their own systems, and if they use software / systems made by some tech company, I can almost guarantee the tech company takes a percentage of each sale.
Also with self checkouts, it's really easy for people to just not pay for some shit. Not that i would uuuh know....
 
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Meanwhile in California, due to an increase in minimum wage for fast food workers that went into effect this month, fast food restaurants are replacing cashiers with kiosks.
There’s a McDonads down the street that got kiosks in the middle of the pandemic. They still have cashiers. Most people (at the time - no idea if they still do, haven’t been to McDonald’s in two or three years) avoided the kiosks.
 
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