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As a German I would say some of the negative aspects are: * Always afraid of innovation * Contactless credit cards are regarded as very dangerous * E
by thesimon 10y ago
As a German I would say some of the negative aspects are:
* Always afraid of innovation
* Contactless credit cards are regarded as very dangerous
* Even debit card payments are bad because they cost the seller money and the government might see where you bought stuff
* McDonalds EasyOrder kiosks are mostly empty and people prefer to queue for ages to order "the normal way"
* "Only my lifestyle is the right one and others are just wrong"-mindset
* Restricting opening hours because you could just shop earlier or on a Saturday just like they do
- paganel 10y agoI regard the bullet points you listed under "Always afraid of innovation" as features, not bugs. If it matters am Romanian, but I never really fully understood why people would willingly make public their most personal details, which is what happens when you purchase everything by CC: someone, somewhere, knows if you're a man or a woman, if you eat kosher food or not, if you're in a stable relationship, if you're depressed, if you're an alcoholic, if you have eating disorders etc etc.
- thesimon 10y agoThe funny thing is Germans love loyalty programs tracking their exact purchases but don't want their bank to know the purchase amount.
- dvtv75 10y ago> * "Only my lifestyle is the right one and others are just wrong"-mindset This is surprisingly common. A few years ago, I was working "night" shift (mid-afternoon through to 11pm), and I had a number of people get quite crappy with me because I wasn't getting up at 6am. I had a job, I should be up at the same time as everybody else who works a (day) job.