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Not everyone. I personally have not touched cash in 15 years or so. I really haven’t had any need to. In all that time I haven’t had a single experience where c

Not everyone. I personally have not touched cash in 15 years or so. I really haven’t had any need to. In all that time I haven’t had a single experience where card was not accepted.

sneak 6y ago
Either you live in Scandinavia, or you aren’t sufficiently tipping coat check, valet, bellhops, delivery runners, et c. Cash is also essential for grease/bribes.
- tim58 6y ago
  > Cash is also essential for grease/bribes. Am I not bribing enough people? I've never had to.
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    Even if you needed to, there are much better ways to bribe than cash in the US.
  - sneak 6y ago
    I once had a friend who was bleeding from a head wound from getting attacked on the street. Not life threatening, but messy. The complication was that it was 1am, new year’s day (NYE night, an hour after midnight), on Union Square in NYC, and it was raining. Not ideal conditions in the pre-Uber world. Had I not had $400 in cash to flag down a limo(!) and dissuade him from his scheduled appointment, she would have spent the next 3 hours bleeding either on the subway or on foot as we walked back to Brooklyn. Another time, I got stopped on the highway to the Cancun airport driving back from Tulum. The cop kept saying something about how he would have to write me a ticket, over and over again. Eventually it clicked, and I asked “is it okay if I just pay the fine here?” Sometimes, cash saves the fuckin’ day.
- bpodgursky 6y ago
  I think you may be overestimating how many bellhops and valets the average person interacts with in a year...
  - sneak 6y ago
    GP specified 15 years.
    - pantaloony 6y ago
      15 x 0 is 0.
    - irrational 6y ago
      In 50 years I’ve never interacted with those professions, much less 15. I don’t think I’ve even met anyone who lives the kind of lifestyle that would interact with bell hops, coat check, etc.
- irrational 6y ago
  Well, there’s the issue. I’m a middle class person who has never (in nearly 50 years) interacted with coat check, valet, bellhops, delivery runners, etc. As for grease/bribes... I’ve definitely never even considered doing such a thing. I think you live an entirely different lifestyle than us poor peons.
  - sneak 6y ago
    Tipping sustenance wage earners (bartenders, wait staff in restaurants, et c) in anything but cash in the US is also quite a dick move. Sure, cards are convenient, but you are in effect tipping 15% less for your own convenience. Additionally, most of the big food delivery apps have a history of skimming or outright stealing in-app tips, so it’s best to always tip delivery drivers in cash, too. Always tip in cash. It’s the only way to make sure they get all of it, without a portion being skimmed off to pay for bombs to mass murder Afghan kids.
    - benhurmarcel 6y ago
      > you are in effect tipping 15% less for your own convenience. It's not convenience, it's preventing fraud.
    - irrational 6y ago
      Yeah, I’ve never interacted with a bartender, and the kind of restaurants I frequent don’t expect cash tips. McDs is still considered a high end restaurant, right?

Not everyone. I personally have not touched cash in 15 years or so. I really haven’t had any need to. In all that time I haven’t had a single experience where card was not accepted.

sneak 6y ago

Either you live in Scandinavia, or you aren’t sufficiently tipping coat check, valet, bellhops, delivery runners, et c. Cash is also essential for grease/bribes.

tim58 6y ago
> Cash is also essential for grease/bribes. Am I not bribing enough people? I've never had to.
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  Even if you needed to, there are much better ways to bribe than cash in the US.
- sneak 6y ago
  I once had a friend who was bleeding from a head wound from getting attacked on the street. Not life threatening, but messy. The complication was that it was 1am, new year’s day (NYE night, an hour after midnight), on Union Square in NYC, and it was raining. Not ideal conditions in the pre-Uber world. Had I not had $400 in cash to flag down a limo(!) and dissuade him from his scheduled appointment, she would have spent the next 3 hours bleeding either on the subway or on foot as we walked back to Brooklyn. Another time, I got stopped on the highway to the Cancun airport driving back from Tulum. The cop kept saying something about how he would have to write me a ticket, over and over again. Eventually it clicked, and I asked “is it okay if I just pay the fine here?” Sometimes, cash saves the fuckin’ day.
bpodgursky 6y ago
I think you may be overestimating how many bellhops and valets the average person interacts with in a year...
- sneak 6y ago
  GP specified 15 years.
  - pantaloony 6y ago
    15 x 0 is 0.
  - irrational 6y ago
    In 50 years I’ve never interacted with those professions, much less 15. I don’t think I’ve even met anyone who lives the kind of lifestyle that would interact with bell hops, coat check, etc.
irrational 6y ago
Well, there’s the issue. I’m a middle class person who has never (in nearly 50 years) interacted with coat check, valet, bellhops, delivery runners, etc. As for grease/bribes... I’ve definitely never even considered doing such a thing. I think you live an entirely different lifestyle than us poor peons.
- sneak 6y ago
  Tipping sustenance wage earners (bartenders, wait staff in restaurants, et c) in anything but cash in the US is also quite a dick move. Sure, cards are convenient, but you are in effect tipping 15% less for your own convenience. Additionally, most of the big food delivery apps have a history of skimming or outright stealing in-app tips, so it’s best to always tip delivery drivers in cash, too. Always tip in cash. It’s the only way to make sure they get all of it, without a portion being skimmed off to pay for bombs to mass murder Afghan kids.
  - benhurmarcel 6y ago
    > you are in effect tipping 15% less for your own convenience. It's not convenience, it's preventing fraud.
  - irrational 6y ago
    Yeah, I’ve never interacted with a bartender, and the kind of restaurants I frequent don’t expect cash tips. McDs is still considered a high end restaurant, right?