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Huh. Paying with card is way faster than counting cash unless you happen to have few items and even change easily available. Just 1. insert card, 2.enter pin, 3
by Too 9y ago
Huh. Paying with card is way faster than counting cash unless you happen to have few items and even change easily available. Just 1. insert card, 2.enter pin, 3. ok amount.
In most places you would have done 1 and 2 while they are still scanning your items.
Then of course there are the old, slow machines that take half a minute to connect over some shitty gprs connection but those are only used by individual cloathing and jewelery merchants, not 7-11.
- sliken 9y agoThat used to be true, but in the USA the new card systems are way slower. You have to insert the card, it's not clear when it needs inserted, it asks all the time. Then you have to leave it there for a good while, then it asks to sign. Cash, or android pay is way quicker. Or if you can find one a chipless credit card.
- Animats 9y agoYes, that's "point of sale in the cloud". If they lose their network connection, they can't even accept cash.