I Can't Hate This Dude Who Snapped When His Credit Card Was Declined While Buying M&Ms

We don’t condone violence here at Barstool Sports. Sure, we glorify it and make jokes about it, but I’m not the kinda guy who’s gonna say go out and beat up a 7-11 employee and trash the place just because your card was declined. It’s a horrible move and one I will not support.

*all narcs stop reading here. You’re not allowed to proceed. Bouncers are blocking you*

Can’t hate this move at all and anyone who’s ever had a card declined isn’t allowed to either, as that shit is the definition of fight or flight instincts. When you know your account is low and you hand that card over, using sweaty hands that haven’t been shaking like this since the first time you tried to undo a girl’s bra, and you know full well you’re giving that convenience store employee total control of your pride. In the coming moments he’s either going to crush you and make you feel like a failure, or make you feel like the richest man in the world. That moment waiting for the *Approved* message to pop-up is more stressful than a commercial break in “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

If it comes back declined? If a minimum wage fast station employee stares down at you with that, “You pathetic piece of shit,” look? Well, then anything is bound to happen. All cards are on the table. You can tell him to run it again, knowing full well you didn’t hit the lottery in the last three seconds; you can tuck your tale and run, risking a dangerously low blood sugar level for that sheepish drive home; or you can raise a little hell and get that anger out. Whatever you choose is fair. I’m a runner but I’m certainly not going to judge a man who let’s that rage fly. Finally a man who stands up for us to those judgmental convenience store fellas.