Cashless society

Spoke to the owner of a hotel/bar recently. I asked her why she had gone "cashless"..

She said
No tilling up at end of night
No chance of getting robbed
No thieving by staff
And a lot more people can get served quicker without the need for fumbling round in the till for change.

Made sense to me.
 
BlueMonkey79 said:
Spoke to the owner of a hotel/bar recently. I asked her why she had gone "cashless"..

She said
No tilling up at end of night
No chance of getting robbed
No thieving by staff
And a lot more people can get served quicker without the need for fumbling round in the till for change.

Made sense to me.
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This is the thing isn't it, for her it makes sense for others it doesn't. Just let business owners do what the fuck works best for them.
There's still a need to till up at the end of the shift even without cash. You can still be robbed as a business like that. Once the cash is in a secure safe it's unlikely to be robbed anyway. Employing good staff on good wages tends to deter the thieves or a quiet word in their ear about the consequences.. The people might get served quicker until the one or two card card machines that serve the whole bar go down for one reason or other or tap function isn't working and people put in their number then wait for receipt to print. In short there's no difference in my experience from using card or cash.
It'll happen eventually but the fucking bores who bang on about it all the time are just going to have to wait a bit longer.
 
Phil1 said:
This is the thing isn't it, for her it makes sense for others it doesn't. Just let business owners do what the fuck works best for them.
There's still a need to till up at the end of the shift even without cash. You can still be robbed as a business like that. Once the cash is in a secure safe it's unlikely to be robbed anyway. Employing good staff on good wages tends to deter the thieves or a quiet word in their ear about the consequences.. The people might get served quicker until the one or two card card machines that serve the whole bar go down for one reason or other or tap function isn't working and people put in their number then wait for receipt to print. In short there's no difference in my experience from using card or cash.
It'll happen eventually but the fucking bores who bang on about it all the time are just going to have to wait a bit longer.
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As I robber there is absolutely no point in trying to get a quick few hundred quid from a bar that hasn't got any cash on site. Even cash bars don't cash up every 30 minutes and put it in a safe. Well the pub my daughter work in doesn't anyway. Even she says it's a pain in the arse cashing up at the end of the night.

Me personally i couldn't give a toss wether we go cashless society.

I admit I very rarely carry cash, but each to their own I suppose..

More and more cash machines are starting to charge to get your OWN money out anyway. Fuck that!

Note machine is the latest ATM provider to administer a charge!
 
BlueMonkey79 said:
As I robber there is absolutely no point in trying to get a quick few hundred quid from a bar that hasn't got any cash on site. Even cash bars don't cash up every 30 minutes and put it in a safe. Well the pub my daughter work in doesn't anyway. Even she says it's a pain in the arse cashing up at the end of the night.

Me personally i couldn't give a toss wether we go cashless society.

I admit I very rarely carry cash, but each to their own I suppose..

More and more cash machines are starting to charge to get your OWN money out anyway. Fuck that!

Note machine is the latest ATM provider to administer a charge!
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As a robber?? Haha! Do you do requests? I might have a bit of graft for you soon..
Probably want to keep your occupation to yourself though mate, never know who’s reading BM. :-)
 
I love the idea of a digital receipt showing everything I spend my money on
Bit of a worry my only means of purchasing anything could be stopped if I do or say the wrong thing or be in the wrong place at the wrong time with the click of a button

Nah they wouldn’t do that surely
 
BlueMonkey79 said:
As I robber there is absolutely no point in trying to get a quick few hundred quid from a bar that hasn't got any cash on site. Even cash bars don't cash up every 30 minutes and put it in a safe. Well the pub my daughter work in doesn't anyway. Even she says it's a pain in the arse cashing up at the end of the night.

Me personally i couldn't give a toss wether we go cashless society.

I admit I very rarely carry cash, but each to their own I suppose..

More and more cash machines are starting to charge to get your OWN money out anyway. Fuck that!

Note machine is the latest ATM provider to administer a charge!
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Yeah, each to his own, there's little harm in @Blue Mist paying a tenner in cash for everything he is forced into buying. (not beer of course) :)

FYI....It's already started here with the banks:

www.dailymail.co.uk

One of Australia's biggest banks ends cash, cheques and phone payments

Australia took a big step towards a 'cashless society' with the news that its fifth-largest bank plans to begin phasing out notes and coins within months. So how will you be affected?
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
ob said:
On news this morning cash spending on the up - BBC News - Cash payments rise for first time in 10 years
www.bbc.co.uk

Cash payments rise for first time in 10 years

Payments made with notes and coins rose as the cost of living started to bite, but debit card use was higher.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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The fight back begins.

We will not be subjugated.

Power to the people.
 
The paranoia on here is frightening and some of the excuses hilarious.

You’re condemning card only yet defending cash only.
 
What we need is an organisation to fight back. For that reason I am starting a protest party called Ditch Digikal

Membership is £20
T Shirts (all sizes) £15
Mugs £5


To join or get the merchandise send your money, cash only, to me in a brown envelope. Enclose an s.a.e. if a receipt is required. (Yeh right)
 
We've been using cash for years. More control, spend less. We also use the multiple sub accounts on the barclays app to filter money into savings for car repairs and servicing, mot etc.

For us it takes a lot of effort and without doing that we used to spend way too much when we just used the card. I mean hundreds of pounds each month, then we'd hit the Mastercard when the current account was empty. But that's the way the system wants it, they want us to have less control imo. So I am not playing their game.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
We've been using cash for years. More control, spend less. We also use the multiple sub accounts on the barclays app to filter money into savings for car repairs and servicing, mot etc.

For us it takes a lot of effort and without doing that we used to spend way too much when we just used the card. I mean hundreds of pounds each month, then we'd hit the Mastercard when the current account was empty. But that's the way the system wants it, they want us to have less control imo. So I am not playing their game.
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This is my biggest weakness too. Paying on card is fine in principle but it makes it easier for me to spend more. And if I'm out on the lash and pissed up, there's always the danger that I go mental and end up getting a stupidly expensive round in as I can just whip my card out and pay for it. With cash, I have a better feel of where I'm at.
 
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