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If you are in Germany and are complaining about the cashless options, you're in the wrong place. That is a cultural thing for them. [Less so since in the last f
by monksy 4y ago
If you are in Germany and are complaining about the cashless options, you're in the wrong place. That is a cultural thing for them. [Less so since in the last few years]
Also, it's hard to complain that the difficultly for getting DeutscheKabel, DT, or 1&1 off their rear ins is a mark against the country.
- pjmlp 4y agoWhen I settled in 20 years ago, it was even worse, at least now shops and supermarkets do keep open after 6pm, and afternoons on Saturdays, on bigger cities. And like every expat, I had to at a given point having friends as "hostage" on the restaurant while hunting for an ATM, or been the "hostage" for others not yet used to the culture. Naturally we could have paid the bill and settled it later, but that is yet another matter regarding on the how to pay culture.
- johnchristopher 4y agoFor info: In Belgium, it is now mandatory for shopkeepers to provide digital means of payment to customers. Covid accelerated that.
- brabel 4y agoThe fact Germany seems to be resistant to use electronic payment options is specially interesting given the neighbours to the North, specially Sweden, are probably the most cashless societies anywhere.
- Semaphor 4y agoIt’s an anti-surveilance thing. Between the Nazis and the GDR’s Stasi we have some concerns there. It’s been getting a lot better with Covid and SumUp, though.
- monksy 4y ago> It’s an anti-surveilance thing. Between the Nazis and the GDR’s Stasi we have some concerns there. And that's one of the things I love your country for. It's the acceptance of personal consensual relationships/hedonism, and respect for the privacy/wellbeing. It's rather unfortunate at how you arrived at the understanding of that need.