The devil you know

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

When in the course of human events it is often better to deal with a difficult individual or circumstance one knows than with a new character or situation that could be far worse.

This adage is both unfortunate and truthful in the interactions of we inhabitants of a fickle world which has gone woke crazy in the finest traditions of leftist lunacy.

Take banks. They think they may decline a DEBIT card and attribute it to the vendor's equipment when in fact they are solely responsible for their financially solvent card not being honored.

Like it or not, some of us find this situation a deal breaker. The banks just don't seem to get it.