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The fastest way to pay is cash---how many times have you waited around a credit card machine waiting for the transaction to go through? Anyway, the big time sin
by jostmey 11y ago
The fastest way to pay is cash---how many times have you waited around a credit card machine waiting for the transaction to go through? Anyway, the big time sink is in the shopping experience, waiting in line, and checking out the items. Who cares how long it takes to pay? Focus on getting ride of waiting in line.
- jessaustin 11y agoYou are entirely correct. Perhaps a failure of imagination causes companies to spend so much effort on marginal "improvements" like this while ignoring the big issues. After all there are already about seven different ways to pay so even morons can imagine there being another one.
- Yhippa 11y agoAs someone who pays with credit card I get pretty upset with people who pay with cash. People fumbling around for exact change. The person working the register has to deal with bill or coin shortages: "oops we're out of quarters hey can someone bring some to my register?" Not to mention the overhead incurred by having to deal with all the cash at the end of the day and dealing with shortages.
- dalyons 11y agovery incorrect. Visit a country with near-100% NFC contactless card rollout like AU or NZ. Contactless cards(paywave) are effectively instant. Checkout lines are noticeably faster, probably 2x with small/single item counts. Everyone sighs & judges the person paying cash while they hold up the line for everyone else. The US will eventually catch up, and you'll all wonder why you waited so long.