No Receipt

I used to keep all my receipts for six months to a year. These days, I almost never save a receipt unless I've purchased something that I *may* have to return. The exceptions: electronics, which I keep indefinitely, and grocery receipts, which I keep for a week in case we, say, open up a yogurt and find it's moldy.

Bagel places, or any restaurants really, don't need to give receipts unless requested. Banks, though, I always like to get a receipt just to get an up-to-the-minute view on account balance.

Agreed. I recently had to get a receipt from a sushi shop because it was food for a "working lunch". The best they could do was the cash register thing that listed out the prices -- but no details, no date, no proof that it was that restaurant.

But if I head to Chinatown and get a bit of ginger for $0.20, they forcefully hand me a receipt. (recently they got into trouble for not providing receipts that could "prove" they were collecting sales tax)

And the recent trend in ATMs to print out your balance rather than display it on the screen when you request it is very annoying. Yes, I want a receipt, but half the time the paper is jammed or the ink has run out. So I cannot see my balance. I could call them, but they charge $0.75 just for a machine to read off my balance to me...