Customer Reward Programs

I am a bit annoyed at customer rewards or points program.

I could not participate in a grocery store reward program because they try to tie it to your spending habit or because they try to tie it to a credit card.  I lost the original points card and kept trying to register a new point card but the system would not let me.  They want to force you to use their credit card when I want to use another credit card.  Although I continued shopping at the store, I never got to benefit from the reward program.  Needless to say their reward program got phased out because the person administering it sucked.

Now, another annoying program, would not let you get your receipt if you forgot to bring your stupid points card.  They automatically assume you do not know about their reward program and purposely not give you a receipt.  I am there to buy gas, it is not an issue to me if I didn't join your stupid reward program or if I forgot to bring my reward card to get the points.  It is so stupid. Just give me the receipt because I already pay for the gas, if I want to get the point later I can always go home and do it myself or just not get the stupid point.  Instead they are forcing you go to into the store to get the receipt and ask about the stupid reward program that you already know about.  Seriously, there are some really stupid programs out there these days.  After you get enough point, you have to now select your prize which is also annoying because it takes forever to collect enough points anyways and then you just end up choosing some garbage.