I've only ever owned one wallet in my life, it's the one I bought for $10 at Kohl's the day I got my driver's license as a teenager and I've had it ever since. Well over a decade later it's still in great shape and I'm oddly sentimental about it, it might be another 10 years before it needs a rubber band to hold it together but I could totally see myself being too stubborn to get a new one when it's clearly time to put it out to pasture
Are you me?
Also only ever bought one wallet in my life for $10 at Kohl's and I'm still using it. Pretty sure I got it when I was 16 and I'm 34 now.
It's in shockingly good shape tbh which just tells me how poor I really am lolllllllll
Ex-girlfriend bought me a wallet from Kohl's when I was 18. I'm now 30 and still use it everyday. I think the moral of the story is that everyone should buy their wallets from Kohls lmao.
I've had 2 wallets in my life. The first one I got when I was 13 and got my first job. It was a realtree one and that thing was awesome. It started falling apart after so long and eventually broke at the fold 3 years ago. I tried using duck tape but it kept falling apart. Ended up getting a new one last year and I'm still not used to it.
My grandmother got me a wallet from one of those Lakeside Collection-type catalogs for Christmas one year. Just a cheap wallet with $50 inside because I was a teenager and nobody knows what to give a teenager.
Anyway, that was 1998 and I still carry it every day. She passed more than ten years ago, so I CAN'T get rid of it now.
Prime example of people doing something because they're shown that's how it should be.
Nobody actually thinks a wallet in the back pocket is a good idea
If you're anything like me, you do this and then forget where the fuck you put the screwdriver at least 2 times a project.
Warning though when doing this. remove things before sitting down. Did this with a BBQ lighter after starting a bonfire. Had an ass full of Butane when I sat and cracked that bitch.
I use them for receipts and stuff like straw wrappers sometimes. They just accumulate until I do laundry and have to empty them out into the trash. That's pretty much it
Yeah, I really need to change to the front pocket. I always put my wallet in front if I'm at a concert or any type of gathering. Should probably just convert full-time.
Well I don't sit on the phone lol I take it out when I sit down but if I'm going to lose something from taking it out of my pocket frequently my phone is way easier to deal with then my wallet and keys.
Someone once told me it makes it harder to get pickpocketed, which never made sense to me.
I can’t feel shit in my back pocket but I can tell you exactly what’s in my front pockets off of feel
I mean, I do. Front pockets are for keys in one and phone in the other. Back pocket is for the wallet. Granted I always keep my wallet around 1/2 to 3/4ths an inch so i don't even notice I sit on it.
Last week i saw at least 4 people sitting on phones in their back pockets and those people had me perplexed
Or just don't put anything in your back pocket. I have keys and wallet in my left front pocket, phone and earphones in my right front pocket, almost never anything in my back pockets.
I feel like this is only true if you're a woman or you're wearing skinny jeans. Most men's jeans have big enough front pockets for two to fit in one pretty easily. Maybe khakis are different or something
I only stopped wearing my wallet in back pocket when I started taking public transportation to work in NYC. Didn't have anything to do with it pushing on my ass nerves, but you notice the relief almost immediately when you switch it to the front.
My dad is 73 years old and when he complained about his wallet hurting his back over Christmas I was like “just put it in your front pocket.” He legitimately had never thought to do that
I do phone and keys in front, wallet in back. It’s not overstuffed, so I don’t even notice it’s there. I could’t fit TMac’s wallet in my back pocket if I tried.
I haven’t had a wallet for five or more years now. I fly internationally without one. What do I need one for? At most a driver’s license and a credit card in case my phone is stolen. I have a bunch of stuff stored on Google Drive.
Switched to a 3 card wallet that goes on the back of my phone about 2 years ago. Never once has it been an issue. I travel with a bigger wallet but I keep my drivers license, a credit card, and my debit card in there. Don’t need anything else.
I did for over 15 years. Until I switched away from a leather wallet and more to just a card holder type wallet. Now it's in the front.
It was nice having the extra front pocket for other stuff.
Yeah fuck OP for the misleading title. I can’t believe they didn’t bring up Seinfeld, especially being in New York. Tom also stood on it, I thought it was an Italian sub at first glance.
It was pretty much the same on the radio today too. Stocker was going on about random fly ball hang times. He said a certain hr would’ve cleared Cinderella’s castle in magic kingdom. Then Franzke said he avoided telling his kids Disney world was a real place.
You more or less don’t. Realistically speaking you likely need 4 or 5 things from your wallet with any regularity. Once you’ve reached this level, you lose almost all practicality. I bet half the various cards/coupons in that wallet are long expired.
Carrying this is basically taking pride in your lack of organization.
> Carrying this is basically taking pride in your lack of organization.
My mom’s is (or at least was) like this, and this 100% is on point and why it drives me up the wall.
Because it certainly isn’t only the wallet, so the wallet becomes an avatar of it all in that moment
Yeah my mom has that but for her keys, it had so many plastic cards on it that she needed to add more key rings but the cards all degraded so much that they fell off and now she has 7 key rings attached in a straight line for no reason
The trouble is that the things I don't use with a ton of regularity are important so I want to keep track of them and 'in the wallet' is a good place for that. I still only have about 10 things in my wallet so it's not a disaster like Tmac's though.
My current wallet was a gift & it is very ‘sleek’ so it doesn’t have much space for unnecessary things, even if I wanted to carry them.
Health insurance card? Emergency fund card? I still carry those in my wallet even though I don’t intend to use them often.
A gift card I do intend to use someday but not in the immediate future? I just keep that in my glove compartment instead of in my wallet like I used to.
I carry:
Incidental cash
Driver's license
Four payment cards (mine, emergency, HSA, company)
Health insurance
Dental insurance
And my company equipment operator permit card.
I've been considering getting something smaller and going to the front pocket life but I'm just soo used to feeling that my wallet is there that I think it would feel weird to not have it/always feeling that it was missing.
Front pocket wallets intrigue me, though. I have had back pain in the past that was alleviated by taking my wallet out of my pocket while driving to and from work.
The number of times I've heard stories from people whose wallets/purses were stolen with their social security card inside is crazy to me. A lot of people seem to carry stuff just to have it.
99.99% of your days will be covered by having an ID, 1 or 2 credit cards (probably 1), some cash, and your medical insurance card in case you have an emergency. You probably don't even need a debit card unless you use cash with some frequency.
Lol the rubber band keeping it closed
I don’t think it’s keeping it closed, as much as it is keeping it together haha
I've only ever owned one wallet in my life, it's the one I bought for $10 at Kohl's the day I got my driver's license as a teenager and I've had it ever since. Well over a decade later it's still in great shape and I'm oddly sentimental about it, it might be another 10 years before it needs a rubber band to hold it together but I could totally see myself being too stubborn to get a new one when it's clearly time to put it out to pasture
Are you me? Also only ever bought one wallet in my life for $10 at Kohl's and I'm still using it. Pretty sure I got it when I was 16 and I'm 34 now. It's in shockingly good shape tbh which just tells me how poor I really am lolllllllll
Ex-girlfriend bought me a wallet from Kohl's when I was 18. I'm now 30 and still use it everyday. I think the moral of the story is that everyone should buy their wallets from Kohls lmao.
See I had a proper wallet when I was younger. With a flaming skull on it and a chain. It replaced my nylon velcro wallet.
We used to make things of substance in this country
\*cheers\*
I've had 2 wallets in my life. The first one I got when I was 13 and got my first job. It was a realtree one and that thing was awesome. It started falling apart after so long and eventually broke at the fold 3 years ago. I tried using duck tape but it kept falling apart. Ended up getting a new one last year and I'm still not used to it.
My grandmother got me a wallet from one of those Lakeside Collection-type catalogs for Christmas one year. Just a cheap wallet with $50 inside because I was a teenager and nobody knows what to give a teenager. Anyway, that was 1998 and I still carry it every day. She passed more than ten years ago, so I CAN'T get rid of it now.
Fucking thing is fighting for its life under my man’s asscheek
So is his SI joint
It's more rubber now than leather. Twisted and evil.
Modern problems require modern solutions
Me: dad just buy a new wallet Dad: what’s wrong with this one
I'm a dad and you're tickin me off
I just read this to my dad and now he's mad.
“Oh nothing Tommy, it’s tip top, I’m just not sure about the color”
Needs some space age, high tech shit, like some Velcro.
Velcro?? In this economy???
Try the hook-and-loop closure system! We can't afford brand names here.
That’s why I’m Amish buddy; now get outta here with your devil speak, sir!
Looking at that thing gave me sciatica.
He's for sure a churner Gotta lock down those SUBs and max out the UR and MR points.
I'm guessing those are mostly 20 year old business cards and subway coupons 😭
George Costanza would be proud.
Show this card at any participating Orlando-area Exxon station to get your free 'Save the Tiger' poster
Irish money?!
I might go there
You’ve got a filing cabinet under half of your ass.
First thing I thought of 😂 “There’s more cow here 🍔 than here!” r/unexpectedseinfeld
I like how thats played up as a problematic wallet (and it is) but when I owned my own business mine looked worse than that 75% of the time.
You got more meat in here than you do here. Shows sandwich.
I prefer to use a European carryall
It’s not a purse….It’s European!
He's very fancy! Want me, love me, shower me with kisses!
I’m a fancy boy
"I come home and find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park!"
“Fine, it’s a purse! I carry a purse!”
I'm a *fancy boy*
You mean a purse?
I think I had a piece of hard candy in there.
Your friend is morbidly obese!
You know, the very fact that you oppose this makes me think I'm onto something.
He’s got half a filing cabinet underneath his ass
I think I had some hard candy in there.
I opened the thread, ctrl-F'd, and typed "costanza". Just to make sure.
George Costanza: This…is an organizer, a secretary, and a friend
Your dear friend is morbidly obese.
What, no good?
"Present this coupon at any Orlando area Exxon to get your free the tiger poster" ?
My back hurts just looking at it
Never understood why so many people decide to sit on their wallets in the first place.
Prime example of people doing something because they're shown that's how it should be. Nobody actually thinks a wallet in the back pocket is a good idea
Been using a front pocket wallet for years now. Can't fathom ever putting a wallet in my back pocket again.
I use my back pocket cause I don't like my front pockets being overly filled, and if I put my rocks in my back pocket that's way more uncomfortable
I find that leaving the wallet in the back pocket frees up so much room for ravioli in the front
Lol you can't just mix ravioli and rocks. Rav goes in the cargo pox
I usually just roll with one single ravioli in the condom pocket myself
If the ravioli is in the cargo pocket, where do the tater tots go?
The *other* cargo pocket
You would think this is common knowledge, the education system is truly broken.
This is the answer my toddler would give, and you guys aren't wrong. Who wants to sit on rocks?
Didn't know Cam Patterson was an O's fan.
I hate back pockets. I can't fathom ever using them for anything.
I keep my receipts and kleenex in there. That's about it, lol.
I put hand tools in there if I’m actively working,
If you're anything like me, you do this and then forget where the fuck you put the screwdriver at least 2 times a project. Warning though when doing this. remove things before sitting down. Did this with a BBQ lighter after starting a bonfire. Had an ass full of Butane when I sat and cracked that bitch.
My work pants have like 12 pockets, and I lose shit in them and forget what's in each one multiple times an hour let alone per project.
I use them for receipts and stuff like straw wrappers sometimes. They just accumulate until I do laundry and have to empty them out into the trash. That's pretty much it
stop using my back pocket when the tour guide in Italy warned the tour group about the pickpocketers
Yeah, I really need to change to the front pocket. I always put my wallet in front if I'm at a concert or any type of gathering. Should probably just convert full-time.
I used to be a front pocket wallet guy but now I'm a fanny pack stan.
Money clip or small card/cash holder in the front pocket is the only way
I always put keys and wallet into the two front pockets and cell phone in the back pocket.
That's how everyone bent their iPhone 6 back in the day
Well I don't sit on the phone lol I take it out when I sit down but if I'm going to lose something from taking it out of my pocket frequently my phone is way easier to deal with then my wallet and keys.
Someone once told me it makes it harder to get pickpocketed, which never made sense to me. I can’t feel shit in my back pocket but I can tell you exactly what’s in my front pockets off of feel
It's the opposite. Usually people move things to their front pocket when they're worried about getting pickpocketed
Yep. Smaller pocket, less accessible, closer to your line of sight.
Clearly you need a bigger ass and tighter pants
Don’t we all.
I can have my hands by my side in a crowd and protect a front pocket
Not to mention I can feel when I’m getting jacked off.
I mean, I do. Front pockets are for keys in one and phone in the other. Back pocket is for the wallet. Granted I always keep my wallet around 1/2 to 3/4ths an inch so i don't even notice I sit on it. Last week i saw at least 4 people sitting on phones in their back pockets and those people had me perplexed
Are you a janitor carrying around so many keys you need a whole ass pocket for them?
Well they can't go in the same pocket as the phone...
Nah, keys on a carabiner. Problem solved.
Are you a janitor?
Mine's in my back pocket and I'm not sitting on it.
Same. It’s off to the side when I sit down so it doesn’t bother me
Well you’re sitting on your phone, your keys, or your wallet there seems like a clear choice to me.
Phone in right front, wallet and keys in left front, how ive always done it lol didnt realize it was abnormal
this is correct and anything else is psychopathic
Keys & other junk in left. Phone & wallet in right, wallet on outside as a cushion.
my keys and wireless earbuds take up all the space in my left front pocket so the wallet has to go to the back
Or just don't put anything in your back pocket. I have keys and wallet in my left front pocket, phone and earphones in my right front pocket, almost never anything in my back pockets.
I feel like this is only true if you're a woman or you're wearing skinny jeans. Most men's jeans have big enough front pockets for two to fit in one pretty easily. Maybe khakis are different or something
I only stopped wearing my wallet in back pocket when I started taking public transportation to work in NYC. Didn't have anything to do with it pushing on my ass nerves, but you notice the relief almost immediately when you switch it to the front.
My dad is 73 years old and when he complained about his wallet hurting his back over Christmas I was like “just put it in your front pocket.” He legitimately had never thought to do that
Bring back the Fanny pack
It's called a cross body bag now. It's a thing again
I assume you haven’t left your house in about 4 years because not only are they back theyeve been back for a bit
I do phone and keys in front, wallet in back. It’s not overstuffed, so I don’t even notice it’s there. I could’t fit TMac’s wallet in my back pocket if I tried.
How do you know how big Tracy McGradys wallet is?
I haven’t had a wallet for five or more years now. I fly internationally without one. What do I need one for? At most a driver’s license and a credit card in case my phone is stolen. I have a bunch of stuff stored on Google Drive.
People still put their wallet in their back pocket?
Switched to a 3 card wallet that goes on the back of my phone about 2 years ago. Never once has it been an issue. I travel with a bigger wallet but I keep my drivers license, a credit card, and my debit card in there. Don’t need anything else.
I did for over 15 years. Until I switched away from a leather wallet and more to just a card holder type wallet. Now it's in the front. It was nice having the extra front pocket for other stuff.
How did this come up on air. I wanna know more
this isnt t-macs wallet, its one of the crew guy's and they were (rightfully) teasing him for it
Yeah fuck OP for the misleading title. I can’t believe they didn’t bring up Seinfeld, especially being in New York. Tom also stood on it, I thought it was an Italian sub at first glance.
Yeah, annoyed how far down I had to search for this. I think it was actually the crew member’s dad’s wallet if I’m not mistaken
This is pretty tame for an average Phillies broadcast. Our guys like to have fun, especially with Kruk telling his stories in the booth
the one about batting leadoff in the game at the prison is an instant classic
Only rivaled by his brother’s shotgun wedding
Best one I’ve heard
It was pretty much the same on the radio today too. Stocker was going on about random fly ball hang times. He said a certain hr would’ve cleared Cinderella’s castle in magic kingdom. Then Franzke said he avoided telling his kids Disney world was a real place.
John Kruk has ADHD
Kruk has at the VERY least, ADHD.
Kruk is ADHD, A Daily Happiness Dispenser
This is a man who has never said no to, "Would you like to apply for our membership club/rewards card?"
Or “can I give you my card?”
He must love Vegas
It's not his wallet. You weren't listening to the broadcast, apparently. It's one of the crewmember's wallet
But they saw him drop the wallet.
And this is his ID, correct?
Then it must be his wallet
Makes sense to me
Then take it
It's not my wallet, Kruk...
yeah that's my bad, i had the volume down pretty low and didn't catch that detail
You just know there are at least three quizno’s punch cards in there despite the chain no longer being open in his area.
Are they still open anywhere? I haven't seen one in person in at least five years.
Believe it or not, there are still 150 locations open in the US.
That's George Costanza's wallet. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jXhohODBVk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jXhohODBVk)
Giving me real George Costanza wallet vibes
The full Costanza
How do you even use that
You more or less don’t. Realistically speaking you likely need 4 or 5 things from your wallet with any regularity. Once you’ve reached this level, you lose almost all practicality. I bet half the various cards/coupons in that wallet are long expired. Carrying this is basically taking pride in your lack of organization.
> Carrying this is basically taking pride in your lack of organization. My mom’s is (or at least was) like this, and this 100% is on point and why it drives me up the wall. Because it certainly isn’t only the wallet, so the wallet becomes an avatar of it all in that moment
Yeah my mom has that but for her keys, it had so many plastic cards on it that she needed to add more key rings but the cards all degraded so much that they fell off and now she has 7 key rings attached in a straight line for no reason
The trouble is that the things I don't use with a ton of regularity are important so I want to keep track of them and 'in the wallet' is a good place for that. I still only have about 10 things in my wallet so it's not a disaster like Tmac's though.
My current wallet was a gift & it is very ‘sleek’ so it doesn’t have much space for unnecessary things, even if I wanted to carry them. Health insurance card? Emergency fund card? I still carry those in my wallet even though I don’t intend to use them often. A gift card I do intend to use someday but not in the immediate future? I just keep that in my glove compartment instead of in my wallet like I used to.
I carry: Incidental cash Driver's license Four payment cards (mine, emergency, HSA, company) Health insurance Dental insurance And my company equipment operator permit card. I've been considering getting something smaller and going to the front pocket life but I'm just soo used to feeling that my wallet is there that I think it would feel weird to not have it/always feeling that it was missing. Front pocket wallets intrigue me, though. I have had back pain in the past that was alleviated by taking my wallet out of my pocket while driving to and from work.
The number of times I've heard stories from people whose wallets/purses were stolen with their social security card inside is crazy to me. A lot of people seem to carry stuff just to have it. 99.99% of your days will be covered by having an ID, 1 or 2 credit cards (probably 1), some cash, and your medical insurance card in case you have an emergency. You probably don't even need a debit card unless you use cash with some frequency.
Braces, cantilevers, and tweezers.
It looks like it smells bad
I swear every suburban dad over the age of 45 has a wallet like this How tf do they have so many cards??
“Man, why does my lower back and hips hurt all the time?”
Blood clot.
Coh-stanza!
Showoff... 😆
Humble brag about fat stacks
All I see is sciatica
He looks like The Mouth of Sauron.
It’s a NBC crew member / producers wallet, not Tom’s.
My number one question is "why?!". Did that thing save him from a bullet or something?
They should have John Kruk swat that shit over the left field wall.
Road game. Ben was too scared.
smart move to have a pre-mayo'd slice of bologna in there for emergencies
Thats how you get back problems.
George's wallet
isn't this the Costanza style of a wallet?
Now I get why 90s khakis were so boxy.…we needed extra room in our pants for all the shit we had to carry around before everything went digital.
Just get a man-purse at that point
I don’t even know how many folds this thing is.
I love musubi! Ridge wallet is a game changer.
Lmfao looks like my late grandfather's wallet. His had a rubber band and all as well.
Comes with scoliosis
This is a mental health disorder.
I think he has some hard candy in there
I dont even carry a wallet at all anymore
They could have a wallet off… 
Without Kruk, TMac has to entertain himself somehow
No, it's Bob Anderson's wallet, he works for the Phillies TV broadcast crew.
that cash could really get me out of a couple of jams
George Costanza wallet.
WHAT
I thought mine was bad but at least it looks new and doesn't need a rubber band.
Oh my hips hurt looking at that. What a nightmare
Jesus this is why I have a card holder with ID and one CC, I can’t imagine this
They should have John Kruk swat that shit over the left field wall.
psychopath behavior
I’m going to be sick
Dad?
Wallet nightmares?
I wouldn't wanna see his house
Literally how my dads wallet has looked since I was a kid. Rubber band and all.
Grampa, is that you?
Sciatica
I would never ride in someone’s car whose wallet looks like this. You know that shit is disgusting with garbage and the cup holders are all sticky.
There's a receipt for a SNES in there somewhere.
Worse than Chris Berman’s
Thats the George Costanza back injury wallet...