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It’s a shame to see cash going away in some places. The alternatives are too traceable & used to sell your purchasing behaviors, & I’m not keen on that. We’re t
by toastal 4y ago
It’s a shame to see cash going away in some places. The alternatives are too traceable & used to sell your purchasing behaviors, & I’m not keen on that. We’re talking about the security of our phone’s data, but then giving up on our financial data. (Not to say there isn’t a place, but whole-sale ‘cashless’ is worrying).
- eega 4y agoWell, get better data protection. Cash is a pain in the ass …
- tnel77 4y agoAnd what would you propose? I think just using a debit/credit card in any capacity would make it so someone is tracking your purchases.
- tomcam 4y agoThe US government is unable to keep something as simple as its terrorist watchlist in good shape. People are constantly found to be terrorists when in fact, they are not. Imagine what it will be like when they can control your spending via digital currency.
- sandworm101 4y agoWait until you are trying to buy food/gas &in a town after the internet and/or power is out. That has happened to me many times ... in north america... in only the last few years. Perfect network connectivity is only a norm in big cities.
- atq2119 4y agoThere's also the aspect of fragility. Cash keeps working when the power or cell networks cut out.
- ianai 4y agoCash shouldn’t be going anywhere here in the USA. If you like eating food from a restaurant in the USA you’d better be tipping with cash. Otherwise the tip left on the card goes to the business. And we know how stingy restaurants are with pay. I worked in hospitality for years. It’s tough, thankless, and not paid well. Tip heavy and often!
- junaru 4y ago> Otherwise the tip left on the card goes to the business. Good, and the business should compensate the waiters like in rest of the developed world. Once people stop tipping waiters will quit and businesses will be force to either pay them like regular staff or move to self service.
- narwally 4y agoIt shouldn't, that's wage theft and is very much illegal.
- lrvick 4y agoIt could be split across everyone that works that shift, and it is taxed as salary, etc. Cash from table to pocket can be readily spent however by the person that did the work. Always tip in cash.
- b112 4y agoWow. The person that does the work. Yes the waiter cooked the food, cleaned the dishes, bussed the dishes, seated the table(politely!), and so on. They did the work. I worked in a restaurant with tip sharing. The point behind it was, motivation by every step in the chain, for all persons, to do a good job. To compensate for a job well done. So that even the dishwasher, would take time to endure glasses spotless, to put that little extra touch. And all were hired, including the waiters, with this understanding. Which means, you are advocating theft from coworkers! If this is indicative of how waiters think today, I will be paying by card, and tipping by card. To ensure a waiter doesn't steal from their coworkers, if tip sharing is a thing.
- zarzavat 4y agoThese two situations have happened to me frequently: 1. I’m traveling and I encounter somewhere that doesn’t take cash 2. I’m traveling and I encounter somewhere that declines my card for being foreign I wait for the day when both coincide and I’m left staring at my food unable to eat it.