Not OP, but I can vouch that this is a common occurrence now in Australia. Contactless payment is now so ubiquitous, when you go to pay with cash it's often rec

Not OP, but I can vouch that this is a common occurrence now in Australia. Contactless payment is now so ubiquitous, when you go to pay with cash it's often received with surprise. The vendor has indeed already readied the EFTPOS machine for your payment, and has to cancel that and put the transaction through as cash. Only last year I always carried cash. I like cash. Now, I have a $10 note in my wallet and I can't even remember where it came from. I've stopped actually carrying my wallet, thanks to Apple Pay on my watch. (I live in a major metropolitan area. It might be different elsewhere.)