17 CommentsUPDATE (9:30 AM): A phone call to Westside this morning confirms that they had a problem with their servers last night which are now up and running. Our Flex tragedy is officially over. Go forth and swipe!
Tragedy strikes! You either have to pay with “real” money or get your snacks elsewhere. Our tipster reports that the cashier didn’t know what was wrong or when Flex would be working again. Meanwhile, blue jacket woman is bewildered.
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@Anonymous I dont understand, why do people care about flex so much? Get a debit or credit card…
@please it’s a lot harder to add your parents money to a debit card without asking them
it’s not mature, but it works
@person Or if you have a credit on your account and Columbia just doesn’t fucking give you your money it’s a way to eat.
@hungry senior i learned long ago never to trust the flex system… you are asking for trouble if you go any place without a fall-back payment plan
after all these years, flex still can’t get it together to be a reliable system and, quite frankly, i just don’t get it at all.
something is rotten, sure – but why can’t it be fixed???? like fix it or just junk it, huh?
@To be fair... Not only was FLEX down at Westside yesterday, but all their plastic swiping machines were down, so people were forced to use cash only, even if you had never heard of FLEX or what your opinion of it was.
@hungry senior thanks… i did not know that when i posted… but: i have had flex turned down at a whole bunch of restaurants and it was good i had some cash available to cover the check. mel’s told me that their machine wasn’t working; community told me they don’t take it any more…
sometimes it works just fine. the problem is assuming that the system works as it should instead of remembering to ask beforehand so you don’t get stuck in an embarrassing situation, i guess.
@I love buffets haters gonna hate
@Anonymous For the food or the view?
@disillusioned reader bwog, your coverage is sagging and lacks the spirit of days gone by.
@Devil's Law Clerk It’s pretty hard to write a stirring piece of journalism on ‘No flex at Westside’. Just sayin’.
@disillusioned reader somehow bwog weather managed to portray even the most mundane facts of our existence in an endlessly exciting way. i miss pat blute :(
@YES YES YES Pat and Bwog Weather are sorely missed.
@Anonymous So by “days gone by,” you mean like a month ago.
@sigh Bwog, watching overweight people at the all-you-can-eat buffet is more exciting than what you got to say lately
@Anonymous i’d say her jacket is more of navy
@Anonymous she is probably bewildered because that sign is floating in midair
@2O13 It’s attached to the cash register. I was there the moment that grey sweatered lady stuck it on. I was buying an orange and she pointedly slapped it onto the register and gave me a look. I responded by whipping out cash. Bitch, I don’t even have flex.