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In most countries, paying in cash is a thing. And I try to avoid paying with cards or e-payment as much as I can
by charlieyu1 4y ago
In most countries, paying in cash is a thing. And I try to avoid paying with cards or e-payment as much as I can
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoYou must have hella change laying around.
- charlieyu1 4y agoNot much, because I also pay in coins in exact amounts.
- AlbertCory 4y agoI don't know about him, but my Safeway has a change machine up front. You can either get the total in cash, minus commission, or store credit for the whole amount.
- hutzlibu 4y agoMy bank in germany has a machine, where I can put them in to be transfered to my account. (but I think I only ever did that once)
- somehnacct3757 4y agoIf you always carry your change with you and spend it whenever possible, your coin quantity will remain pocketable. You gotta be committed enough to hand over a twenty dollar bill alongside a quarter, when paying a $19.17 bill for example. Rather than take in 83 cents you take in 8 (and score a dollar.)
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- 01acheru 4y agoIn euroland bills start at 5 euro, below it is all coins. So when paying cash you get a lot of 1 or 2 euro coins as change. I change those coins into 5 euro bills whenever possible, stores always want change. Small coins go into a big jar that we use to tip people like the pizza delivery guy. If the jar gets too full I simply donate the jar as is to a charity I know.
- LadyCailin 4y agoNorway is also really not a fan of cash, so they’re doing all they can to phase it out, especially during the pandemic.
- mellavora 4y agoI guess you haven't spent a lot of time in the Nordics. some random articles: https://sweden.se/life/society/a-cashless-society https://sweden.se/life/society/a-cashless-society https://interestingengineering.com/sweden-how-to-live-in-the-worlds-first-cashless-society https://interestingengineering.com/sweden-how-to-live-in-the...
- hp48fan 4y agoNope. Their cashless culture is one of the reasons I hope I never do go to Scandinavia.
- vkou 4y agoWhat are the other reasons?
- hp48fan 4y agoI knew a (great) artist who spent almost her whole life in Norway and Sweeden. Shes in her nineties, speaks a half dozen languages, worked for Norwegian public TV. That is to say she's walked in the highest echelons on Nordic society. Talking to her, she'd often bemoan that the prejudice that Nordic societies are very conformist is true. Which is in line with what Ive experienced with Nordics
- vkou 4y agoIf I were to look for it, I don't think there's a single country on Earth where I couldn't find a smorgasbord of social conformism that I strongly dislike. It's a social glue that holds every culture together, and it never has to make much sense.
- hp48fan 4y agoBut there are different amounts and different quality of conformism. The Nordic (as in Germany northward) one is particularly insistent on crushing deviations from the zeitgeist (German word).
- alcover 4y agoSWIM also carefully avoids electronically paying for tobacco because that info, despite the theoretical separation, may be golden to insurance corps..