Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Contactless morris men. Not quite the oddest thing I've heard today, but it's up there.
Cashless society......problem for many.
- Thread starter Dave7
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Contactless morris men. Not quite the oddest thing I've heard today, but it's up there.
DRHysted
Guru
- Location
- New Forest
Technically I don’t need the phone or card, my watch can do it all.
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
'Minors, please ask permission from your guardian'.
I know this is a couple of years ago but the bass player on this tour is likely to have been my nephew, as seen here:
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
'tis witchcraft I tell you...
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Round here I have seen a trend towards minimum spend for credit/debit cards starting to appear
Chippie has introduced a minimum £10 spend
reminds me - wife is having her hair done this afternoon - bet she has forgotten to get cash out - they have never taken cards at all!!!!
(which means I end up dashing to the cash machine for her - guess whose bank account it ends up coming out of!!!!)
Chippie has introduced a minimum £10 spend
reminds me - wife is having her hair done this afternoon - bet she has forgotten to get cash out - they have never taken cards at all!!!!
(which means I end up dashing to the cash machine for her - guess whose bank account it ends up coming out of!!!!)
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
Cynical me reckons cash only cafes and hairdressers only declare a minor part of their income.
Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- East central Scotland 🏴
When I go o on training runs my watch is all I take with me. It tracks my activity, which is the primary aim, but also acts as my digital wallet, phone and hols my emergency contact details.
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
It's not just you that's cynical, although it's surprising how many folk are naïve to such shenanigans and don't realise they're paying more tax as a result. Then there are those shops that take in thousands a day despite having bugger all customers, you'd think the HMRC would be all over them like a rash. So in many ways cashless would seem to be the best option for everyone.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
When I'm out riding I always have some cash on me. Some little shops out in the sticks aren't cashless. Admittedly they are getting fewer but I have been asked for cash at a couple of little stores.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Fish, chips and peas is running close to £10 for one now.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I think the same. The local kebab shop seem to have the till open all the time, so just take notes and hand out change, nothing seems to be rung through the till
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
That is something which used to be the case when Credit cards first started being used, then gradually fell away. But in those days, charges to the merchant for credit card transaction were rather high, while now they are comparable to cash transactions.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
A friend visited recently and enquired if I had a Samsung cable to charge his phone as he'd forgotten his. I did (or he could have bought one). It was for the train e-ticket on his phone.
In the race towards a cashless, fully dependent - on - phones society, I think folk might want to consider some advice from one of my favourite movie quotes, 'The more you overthink the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain' (CC challenge, which movie??
).
In the race towards a cashless, fully dependent - on - phones society, I think folk might want to consider some advice from one of my favourite movie quotes, 'The more you overthink the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain' (CC challenge, which movie??
).
