Okay boys (and girls I suppose, don’t want to be sexist here…), what’s in your wallet?
I’ve seen guys carry wallets as thick as a triple decker club sandwich. I don’t know what they keep in them but I suppose they save every scrap of paper and business card they’ve ever been handed in their life. The wallets are those triple fold types and they bulge their jean pockets like they are happy to see everyone they come across. Stored in their back pocket, they risk a chronic curviture of the spine when they sit down.
As for me, mine is a quarter inch thick and even that annoys me when I have to carry it in my back pocket. I prefer the inside of my jacket or the side pocket of my cargos. At work, I store it in my brief case and lock it in my office drawer.
I keep a couple of credit cards, driver’s licese and a photo of my kids in my wallet. I keep a money clip for my cash and that’s always slim enough to be inconspicuous in my back pocket. But even that gets moved into my jacket when ever possible. If I do pick up a business card or three through my day, it gets emptied out of my wallet that evening into my business card holder. which reminds me, I keep my own business cards in my brief case in their own little case.
Basically I hate things in my pants pockets. Particularly keys and change and anything that jingles while I walk. Besided, bulges ruin the drape of my clothes.
I have a slim card case with an attached money clip, keeps me from getting the “Giant Wallet Syndrome” I had as a youth, since only so much fits in there.
So today I have: Library card, Driver’s license, debit card, credit card, a business card from a gun shop, $37, my WI hunting license, and a Green Bay Packers schedule.
Check/ATM card
3 general credit cards
Driver’s License
AAA card
Delta SkyMiles card
Blue Cross card
picture of wife
Marriott Rewards card
old college ID card with a great photo of me on it
work ID
2 department store cards
Basic Firearms Safety Certificate
4 business cards
Bevmo card
$2 bill
card with alarm numbers on it
4 Rewards cards for various places I shop
$103 cash
I usually carry a backpack rather than a purse. It’s a small backpack, and it’s convenient since I like to always have a book on me, plus paper/pencils for catching up on correspondence.
But if I just carry my wallet, it’s got:
driver’s licence. this is on the outside window, and it’s covered by a “parrots of the world” business card so a) people can’t see my name easily and b) i’ve found the picture of the brightly-colored parrot does wonders for entertaining crying children ahhead of me in the stores.
atm card
price chopper advantage card
hollywood video card
any receipts from the day only
money
stamps for aforementioned correspondence
the card i use to get into the office if it’s locked
and my best buy rewards zone card
ATM receipt
restaurant receipt
gas receipt
$56 in cash
2 Mastercards
Discover card
American Express
AAA card
Airport parking card
Public TV membership card
Blood donor card
Smith’s grocery card
ATM card
Costco card
Ace hardware card
copy machine card
work id
driver’s license
3 coupons
bank card
REI card
ASME card
2 frequent flyer cards
Subway club card
medical insurance card
auto insurance card
ISEE card
list of phone numbers
blood donation notice (next possible donation 8/12/05, don’t need it anymore)
Blockbuster card
running/biking club membership card
USAT membership card
list of frequent flyer/driver numbers
Driver’s license.
Credit cards.
Several store-specific Consumer Club cards.
Medical Insurance card.
More various and sundry “plastic”…
Then there’s:
Checkbook.
Meal Vouchers (for lunch – work has agreements with several places. Each place has it’s own voucher…)
Receipts I need to keep. Sometimes for a while. This is where I know I won’t forget them.
“Todo” notes. Ditto the receipts.
Fifteen quid in cash.
Tesco loyalty/shopping-spy card.
Library card
AA membership (car breakdown service, nothing to do with booze)
Emergency ‘flat’ car key, it’s just the blade of the key but it opens the door.
Organ Donor card
Debit/ATM card.
That’s all, and it’s still too fat to be comfortable in a back pocket.
On preview, jeez sishoch how do you manage that? Do you have a little Hindu boy carry it around for you? Team of Sherpas?
CashCard/ATM
Corporate Charge Card
Game Reward Card
Drivers Licence
Library Card
Pool hall membership card
Dentists business card *
Credit Card
Old Corporate Card *
O2 top up card (cant do subscript)
Mechanics business card *
Health care card
Eye prescription
Surveyors business card *
Online banking account number card * (big no no even tho it doesn’t show passwords etc. I know the number anyway)
Restaurant business card *
AT & T Corporate calling card
3 more business cards for same bleeding dentist *
National Insurance Card
Kennels business card *
£15 cash
$1 bill (for luck)
now thrown away
Cool. Thanks for bringing this up, just dumped half my wallet. Made me realise I need a new wallet too
Let’s see … I recently switched to a little cigarette case instead of a wallet, and I can’t fit much in there …
Driver’s License (with a passably good picture, for once)
Car Registration
Insurance Card
Visa card
Debit Card
Health Insurance Card
Dental Insurance Card
$189 cash (I went to the ATM this morning)
1 Quarter
And today I have the small purse, so my wallet’s the heaviest thing in there.
Drivers license
2 ATM cards
1 normal credit card
1 special credit card for medical expenses
1 health insurance card
BART ticket
6 pieces of US currency in various denominations
1 ATM receipt
Those of you that have all of the store cards - most stores seem to let you use your phone number, rather than carry the card. Otherwise, I’d also be carrying a Safeway card, Albertsons card, BevMo card and a Camping World card. I only take the Costco or video shop cards when I’m actively going to those places.
**sishoch ** - Throw out that Subway card! They discontinued the Sub Club program last month, so it’s worthless. Your car insurance ID ought to be in the glove box. Do you really need to carry the public TV card? Are you living in fear of being stopped at a PBS checkpoint at night?
Driver licence
ATM card
Credit card
Work credit card
“buy 10 get 1 free” card from local sandwitch shop
Work ID
ID from 2 jobs ago
scap of paper with phone number of woman I wanted to have sex with
COSTCO membership card
Insurance card
Union card
4 ea METRO farecard
Library card
Discount drug card
Several receipts
$8.00 in cash
$471 in cash and checks (not all mine…I’ve been collecting for our football pool)
A slip tracking who has paid up for said football pool
ATM card
Old lottery ticket (hmm…one sec, I need to check and see if I’m going to own the Reader next week…nope, never mind)
Capital One card
Easy Video membership card
Best Buy Reward Zone card
Ceasers Pocono Resorts Forever Lovers card
Costco card
Business card for my wife’s OB/GYN (for some unknown reason)
A Lowes Cineplex gift card
Movie ticket stub from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
An appointment card from my endocrinologist reminding me I have an appointment next April (I’m down to annual visits with him)
Another Lowes Cineplex gift card
My health insurance card
The complete NFL schedule
A cheat-sheet on how to use my cell phone’s voice mail
My driver’s licence
Two PBA cards (cops in the family = good thing)
::Takes out wallet and empties it’s contents onto desk::
$38 in cash
An ATM Card
4 credit cards
A Blockbuster card
Discount cards for Staples, Waldbaums, Costco and Stop & Shop
My medical insurance card
My Blood donor card
My Drivers license, car registration & social security card
A business card for the Chiropractic office I visit.
The Carnival fun pass card for a cruise I took 2 months ago
A punch per meal type of card for a Belgian restaurant called Waterzooi
A card from a hairdresser I used to visit that has various phone numbers written on it
A note indicating that I needed to pick up 15 rolls of Porta 160NC 220 professional film.
Driver’s License
Old college ID (I just can’t let go)
Insurance card
AAA card
Check card
Couple of gas cards
Nashville Public Library card (probably been there since high school)
$20 bill
business card for a buddy of mine
Punch-out card from Moe’s (buy nine entrees and get the tenth on FREE!!)
Spare car key (saved my ass many a time)
And I just found an old fortune cookie paper: “Sometimes the best choice is to choose all options.” Right.
Not a thick wallet, but it hurts my bony ass on long car trips.
Drivers license
Half a book of stamps
three business cards for contractors (want to get some work done on my house)
Ten of my business cards
Two ATM cards
Health insurance card
Calling card
American Express
Visa card
350 Swedish kronors (keep meaning to take this to the currency exchange down the street)
$40 or so
I used to carry all kinds of crap. Then I realized that I literally never used it. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what some people do with ATM receipts, much less why so many of them need to be carried around, day in and day out.
Yesterday I had to go into the courthouse, which meant I had to get my purse/wallet scanned. I asked the scanner, “So is there anything neat in my purse?” He then proceeded to go through my purse contents:
“Cell phone, house keeps, one smaller seperate key, lip stick tube, and a dog tag for US Marine (insert ex bf’s name) in the pocket of your wallet).” Me: :eek:
On top of that, I have:
Kaiser Card
ATM Card
Credit Card
Credit Card
Gas Card
AAA Card
Driver’s License
Picture of my friend Ryan
Most recent bank receipt
$70
BofA Credit Card
CapitolOne Credit Card
Monterey Peninsula College Library Copy Card
BlueCross insurance card
PacifiCare insurance card*
Cingular Roadside assistance card*
Tantara dental benefit card*
Another cingular roadside card*
Monterey Institute Student ID card
CA Driver’s License
old UC Davis Student ID card
old UC Davis adviser’s business card*
ATT OneRate calling card*
Donor card
really old WalMart receipt - tucked away
really old WalMart receipt - tucked away
really old WalMart receipt - tucked away
really old receipt I forgot to get reimbursed for ($40!!)
ATT OneRate calling card (another one!)
AAA card
Valero/Beacon gas card
Safeway club card
Nugget Market customer loyalty card
Eagle Scout card
United MileagePlus card
old picture of my sister
Old ATM card*
Old WalMart gift card ($3 left on it)
personal banker’s business card
personal banker’s business card* (hmm. one of these should be enough)
Chipotle receipt*
Chipotle receipt*
Chipotle receipt*
Fuel receipt*
ATM receipt*
Safeway receipt*
Office Depot receipt*
