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Cash is faster in situations where you tip. You don't need exact change, just cost of service + tip and you can walk away. I still love using cash in restauran
by MSFT_Edging 3y ago
Cash is faster in situations where you tip. You don't need exact change, just cost of service + tip and you can walk away.
I still love using cash in restaurants because the credit card dance adds 10 minutes waiting at an empty table. The server always drops off the check and runs, as if I'll need to think about the 43 dollar bill, getting them back is a whole thing, then waiting for them to return with my card and 3 receipts I don't want is another.
Since I'm in the states, i'm already tipping. I put down a few bills and go about my way. Same for things like pizza delivery, why pay part on credit then tip at the door(because basically no company gives the e-tips to the driver, you're just donating money to the company at that point).
- ianburrell 3y agoTipping in cash requires having enough small bills to make the tip. I remember having to ask for change in small bills or break another $20 to have the right amount for tipping. Also, the switch to chip chard should mean faster credit card payments. The server brings the terminal, you enter the tip, and then tap or dip your card. That is how it works in Europe and Canada. I hope we can avoid the printing and signing to receipt that happened when I visited London.
- darrenf 3y agoI tip at restaurants, pubs, hairdressers, taxis (and likely more that aren’t front of mind) where I live in the UK. It’s as quick as saying “make it <x>” to round it up, and done. Cash in restaurants pisses me off because it limits my consumption to what I can afford with the cash I’m carrying. What if I fancy the most expensive main, or a really nice whisky at the end of the meal?