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There is probably a majority support for keeping cash as a privacy-friendly method of paying in Germany, as an addition to card-paying. But at least in my littl
by w-m 4y ago
There is probably a majority support for keeping cash as a privacy-friendly method of paying in Germany, as an addition to card-paying. But at least in my little bubble in Berlin, everybody hates the cash-only places.
When I go to lunch with my colleagues, we might be hitting one of the restaurants that are cash-only, and every time at least one person of the group won't have any cash on them, and have to borrow some. It's incredibly annoying, given that you can pay for everything by card in neighboring countries just fine.
> Berliners are polite
Also I'm not sure Berliners have been described like that ever before.
- FinnKuhn 4y agoAt least many smaller businesses will probably continue to prefer cash as it is easier to commit tax evasion when there is no record of the transaction stored...
- jeltz 4y agoIt used to be like that at first here in Sweden but then small businesses became the main drivers of card only. They did not want to deal with the overhead of both handling cash and handling card payments. These days you can mostly use cash as big companies. The few small business who still accept cash are either old school or do tax evasion. Especially now with contactless payments which makes card payments fast.
- Xylakant 4y agoBack in the days when I first moved to Berlin, my landlord commented on a motorbike dealer with the words “we didn’t buy there, they were too friendly.” That’s Berlin.