https://dailyhodl.com/2018/08/21/bitcoin-ethereum-litecoin-stellar-and-verge-coming-to-1000-stores-in-colombia/

I think quite a few people do use it to buy things, verge has a very large list of online stores which accept it, though most of those stores sell mostly particular products, the same goes for other currencies also, crypto as payment method is not widely adopted and we just don't have the same purchase options as we do with fiat. That can change very quickly when there is a payment option in physical stores.

People should hold, but they should also use verge as a currency, doing both these things will support the currency and keep its value up. But how do you hold and spend at the time? Well you do the same as you do with fiat, you have a savings account which you don't touch and you have separate spending account, so just divide up what your'e willing to save and what your willing to spend. If you don't ever want to touch your savings but support verge as a currency then when ever you want to buy something make the effort to convert fiat to verge and use that to make a purchase.