Hide cash on you, my mama used to tell me. The problem was I was born in the age of the credit charge and the ATM, and so I didn't use to hide money for emergencies. Although I had several episodes when it would have helped to have done it, I did not start to hide money> until after my car adventure in Arizona. On my way to a golf outing, I rented a car in Phoenix to drive out to the resort. The car broke down, and it was a scorching one-hundred degrees Fahrenheit, which can feel fatal under the sun after five minutes, when your air conditioner isn't working. In addition to this already pressing problem, I had inadvertently taken a wrong turn, and was sitting ten miles from the nearest gas station or inhabited area, on a highway that seemed to be less traveled than the access road to Area Fifty-One. Fortunately, I was picked up by a wrecker (I did have my cell phone with me) after fifty minutes of sweating that seemed like five hours. The car had simply stopped due to overheating, as it just did not have enough antifreeze in the cooling system. The mechanic shop the wrecker brought me to was shabby, but they got the job done in decent time. I was ready to resume my golf trip, but when I tried to pay for the repairs, I was informed that only cash payments were taken. It was close to a two-hundred dollar bill.
There was no way to persuade the nice old man who had replaced the hoses in my car to take a check or accept an open voucher (or my watch – a Rolex!) as guarantee while I drove around to find the closest ATM. He wanted cash - period.
Fortunately, the wrecker driver was a nice guy and he loaned me two-hundred dollars after he took a look at my watch and my three-thousand-dollar golf club set. He also offered to drive me to the ATM since the old mechanic wouldn't let me drive the car out until I had paid the bill. I was saved. Or was I? When we finally found an ATM, it was not one of those universal ones and I wasn't able to use my card. The driver said he really had to get back home and had no time to drive me around. That's how I lost my golf clubs, and how a proud son of Arizona got to sport a golf bag on the back of a wrecker truck.
Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when someone tells you to hide money is The Great Depression, or some big stock market crash. What we're referring to is a bit of cash to get you through a problem when you're not at home or somewhere you can easily access it. Cash is becoming less and less necessary in urban areas, but it is the instrument of choice for all transactions and you always need some when you're in a bind. If you hide cash in your person so you never have to use it except in an emergency, you can get around with a bit more confidence.
If you could hide money in a neat little package, that would be very practical and comfortable. Some people put a few bills in an inner garment pocket, or in their car. The problems with this is that the garment might go in the washing machine without you remembering about the money in it; also, if you're away from your car when you need the cash, what good is it? There should be a way to hide money that is not conspicuous, that is comfortable, and that doesn't add another ritual to your morning – it's enough just to remember to carry your keys, your wallet or purse, etc.
You can hide cash effectively, safely, and with class with a Mini Cash-Can from Sunshine Products USA. They're small metal containers in tube form, made to fit in a key chain or be worn as a pendant. The high-shine metal finish makes them appealing, and their sturdy construction makes sure your cash is safe from the environment, even waterproof.
So don't get caught in a bad situation without some cash on you to get you through it. Now you can hide cashcomfortably and in style with the Mini Cash Cans from Sunshine Products USA.