# Have you selected cash back and walked away without it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-selected-cash-back-and-walked-away-without-it/814644>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-selected-cash-back-and-walked-away-without-it/814644 "2018-05-23T00:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-selected-cash-back-and-walked-away-without-it/814644/21 "2018-05-30T19:58:08Z")

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A few times, but not in a while. My wife and I pretty much refuse to make small talk w/ cashiers, so as not to be distracted from that.

We almost always get cash back at the grocery - get cash that way WAY more than at ATMs. Usually $100 at a time.

Used to be great when Discover gave you cash back on your cash! 😉

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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-selected-cash-back-and-walked-away-without-it/814644/22 "2018-05-30T21:56:51Z")

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Yes. Luckily for small amounts that I could afford to lose.

Of course, I was halfway home before I realized it and by then my cash was long gone.

The weirder thing was the day I went through the drive-through window without picking up my food. (I was very distracted that day. I ordered, paid, and then drove away - realizing a few blocks later that I didn’t have any fries. They were still holding the bag at the window when I got back.)

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