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I recall a trip to Austria as a boy in the early nineties and having it related by an Austrian (who dealt with international types/tourists a lot) that the open
by nmstoker 3y ago
I recall a trip to Austria as a boy in the early nineties and having it related by an Austrian (who dealt with international types/tourists a lot) that the opening of a McDonald's Drive-Thru located somewhat up towards the mountains near Innsbruck had not gone smoothly!
It seems that the locals, being from long established farming stock, were aghast at handing over money before they got their meals from a different window!
Credit cards were barely accepted anywhere either.
Whilst I'm sure the credit card situation has improved markedly since then, maybe a good amount of the spirit behind the drive thru reaction remains?!
- wolfi1 3y agoit wouldn't necessarily be farmers alone, there is a saying "Geld gegen Ware", meaning I give you the money you give me simultaneously the goods, it's simply not usual to give the money beforehand