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One advantage that an Oyster card has over a contactless payment card is that I still feel uncomfortable getting my wallet out and finding a payment card in a c
by chris_j 5y ago
One advantage that an Oyster card has over a contactless payment card is that I still feel uncomfortable getting my wallet out and finding a payment card in a crowded tube station. Even using Apple/Google Pay requires me to get my phone out and again, I'm not always comfortable doing that. I appreciate I might be a little old fashioned about this but enough friends have been robbed in London over the years to make me a little paranoid. An Oyster Card, on the other hand, has sufficiently little value to me that I'm a lot more comfortable using it.
- mnahkies 5y agoI generally feel much more likely to be robbed prior to entering the tube stations (eg walking under Putney bridge). Once inside I'm conscious of potential pickpockets but no longer expect a mugging as a serious threat. In contrast NYC and San Francisco's systems felt much more sketchy late at night, think it might've been the reduced staff presence
- pierrefermat1 5y agoYes seems to make little sense to go for any robbing to occur in a high CCTV coverage area and where bystanders can easily step in.