Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind(www.theguardian.com)

posted 1 year ago

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Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org

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1 year ago

Cash in the UK is extremely dead already. I’ve not even seen any of the plastic notes except for the £10.

I had a taxi in Crewe say “cash only” and the fury on my face was incredible. What the fuck do you mean cash only?

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athos77@kbin.social

6 points

1 year ago

He meant, “I’m not reporting this revenue to the government, thank you very much!”

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Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org

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1 year ago

Yeah and that shit can get fucked.

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livus@kbin.social

1 point

1 year ago

I agree. Since the 1990s New Zealand mostly uses an electronic system called EFTPOS and when that goes down it’s bad enough, almost no one can buy or sell anything.

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