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RE: 'Cash Unwanted' Say More Retailers and Restaurants in U.S. and U.K.
I went to Denny's for the first time in like five years the other day. I tried to pay with cash, and I wasn't outright rejected... but there was some shuffling around about how the money was somewhere else and it was going to be a hassle.
I immediately presented a debit card to avoid delay. It was 3 AM... whatever, but it really made me think about this topic because that would have not have happened a decade ago.
Uh oh, someone is trying to pay with paper... what do we do! Me no understand! I have to count numbers now? Jeez, what an asshole! Just swipe your card and don't make me think or count! lol
That's what one of the reasons was too, that it's easier for the cashiers to do their jobs since they don't have to count cash... lol. Cashless society goes hand in hand with a dumbing down of society methinks ;)
I do have a distinct memory of someone asking what five times three was in a checkout line. It's fifteen isn't it? The mind boggles.
I've had cashiers astonished that I know approx what the total should be in a supermarket, and then check that those special offers on the shelves have not disappeared from their barcodes.
I've also been given too much change, usually in markets - so please keep that dumbing down process going! ;-)