Thank you for proving my point. My wife, currently in southern France, was given a check last week, and tells me she's glad that she brought cash with her. As

Thank you for proving my point. My wife, currently in southern France, was given a check last week, and tells me she's glad that she brought cash with her. As I stated, your experiences are not the only experiences. And again, you just assumed that any deviation from your expectations makes it an American aberration. This is simply not true, and speaks to your limited experience and biases.