01 Receipt Post

What stood out to you in the readings about them? What stood out most to me was how little I’d ever considered receipts before. To me, they are annoying bits of paper that clutter my car and purse. The most… Continue Reading →

What stood out to me in the readings about receipts is how they were used in Ancient Egypt. The receipts were made of rock and far bulkier than the receipts of today, and were called “proto-cuneiform tablets,” which I thought… Continue Reading →

One thing that stood out to me in the receipt readings was just how far back in time the history of receipts and their importance to us really goes. I think it’s interesting as well to see the evolution into… Continue Reading →

Firstly, how far back the history of receipts goes was pretty surprising at first. It’s one of those things that you don’t really consider the history of because they have become such an overlooked aspect of life. Seeing that the… Continue Reading →

  The receipt seems to be one of the oldest inventions that has not been reworked with future technology. Whether that means it can’t be taken further than an email or that humans got it right the first time, it… Continue Reading →

Receipts have been a subject I had never given much thought to until Monday. For all my life, I had said, “Thanks, you can toss that!” to every cashier I have ever come in contact with. I had always thought… Continue Reading →

Receipts aren’t really something I think about a lot. I think that’s probably the case for most people – we might keep them in order to keep track of our purchases, but that’s about it. I definitely never really thought… Continue Reading →

  Read about receipts and their history. Do your own research beyond this list. https://numismatics.org/pocketchange/receipts/ https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-receipts/ CVS Receipts Are Ridiculous… CNN Video About CVS Receipts Are CVS Receipts a health concern? Write a Post about Receipts What stood out to… Continue Reading →

Receipts One thing that I find interesting about receipts during this reading is that they usually seem to denote the transfer of money. Receipts all seem to have some sort of exchange of money attached to them, whether it is… Continue Reading →

In the readings there were multiple mentions of how wasteful receipts are. I was aware that they accounted for a lot of trash, but to see that paper receipts account for 640,000 tons of paper in the U.S. every year… Continue Reading →