> Are contactless terminals widespread in Germany? They are absolutely everywhere since last year more or less, but everybody (esp. cashiers) is always dumbfo

> Are contactless terminals widespread in Germany? They are absolutely everywhere since last year more or less, but everybody (esp. cashiers) is always dumbfounded when I use it and it works. Also some of them try to handle your card for you "to insert it in the right way" and since my German is still rather basic I then have to weigh the potential time waste of explaining it's a contactless card with the extra 4-5 seconds for the chip transaction. But I guess that part doesn't really apply to locals. ("kontaktlose karte, nicht einstecken" but they don't listen the first couple times)