I was given a wallet today and I’ve already put some money in it. I don’t know what other things I should put in it, maybe my ID.
Your local public transit card
In my experience, as little as possible.
The more you pack into it, the more you carry around, the higher the risk if it’s lost, or worse, stolen, not to mention the more it affects wear and tear on your clothing.
Less is more!
Nah, get some topsider shoes or penny loafers, khaki shorts, woven leather belt, a golf shirt and some aviator sunglasses. Then load that bad boy up with any and all cards you can find. Stuff it until the calfskin is warped and about ready to burst. Then shove it in your back pocket and sit on it for several decades. Ignore any contrary advice from orthopedics.
Make sure you get a good one with multiple fold out compartments too, maximum leather. Bonus if it’s ostrich skin or crock skin to really bulk up the wallet.
Get a library card, always underrated
Having fun, isn’t hard
When you’ve got, a library card!
- ID
- Important Phone Numbers
- If you are on an meds a card with the correct spelling and dosage
Thank you so much! I’ll definitely keep that in mind.
Also health insurance card. I usually keep my dental and vision as well but those are less necessary. Just handy to have.
Important Phone Numbers
I really should do this. And here I am mid 30s and 2X years carrying a wallet lol
FYI: do not sit on a wallet. That can cause/irritate Sciatica.
Keep in front pocket, or other carry all item, eg: backpack, courier bag… etc.
- At least one payment card
- travel cards
- driving license/ID
- organ donation card (I stick mine on the back of my ID)
- at least one coin for supermarket trolleys
- some notes, just in case.
- work building access card
2 bandaids
A note(maybe laminated) saying:
“LOST wallet. Call 555-4678 for reward. Thanks <your name>”
Keep 50 bucks at home, for when someone shows up.
What an original idea xDD
I keep a laminated 4 leaf clover in mine.
Me too!
Plenty of people are answering your question, so let me give you a warning. If you put a gift card to an obscure store or punch card for a barbershop in there, you will absolutely forget you have it.
I have my driving licence, work ID, a first aid quick reference, postage stamps and one of those Swiss army knife credit card sized things as well as cash and bank cards.
Bank cards, loyalty cards, other cards…
Traditionally, a condom. But only for a decade or so. Just long enough for it to mark an eternal shape of dismal circumstance.
An uno reverse card
It’s come in handy more times than I’d like to admit
Driver’s license. Credit/debit card. Library card. RFID blocker (if not built into wallet).
Health insurance card. Important medical information (like I dunno, “Diabetic” or “allergic to penicillin”). Contact information for next of kin [can be the same card as health information].
An emergency twenty dollar bill.
Does it block rfid? If not not anything with rfid unless they are in rfid blocking sleeves.
Depends, on what you’re trying to protect. EMV transactions are far more secure and don’t actually transmit any bank info, they’re just one time transaction hashes generated cryptographically that are only valid for a short time.
You’re more likely to come across a skimmer at a gas station that’s reads you card details of the mag stripe, or having your card leaked in a data breach.
The only time I’ve seen RFID really being attacked is red teams tricking employees to clone security badges outside office buildings. So I guess put your security badge in an RFID sleeve around your neck lol
take any aluminum can, cut it open, cut a plate fitting in your wallet, insert it there so that it sits on external surface if your walket, done, that’s your yeehaw rfid blocking sleeve, extra mass 1g
if you want to scan bus pass you can put that card on external side of it
