In the US cash is more convenient for paying dinner. Instead of the awkward dance of check -> put card -> bring back -> tip. You just pay it with tip, can easily round up or down a bit...
it still is wild that they take the card away from the table when tap payments exist so extensively, even in the USA.
Here in Canada, the servers often will bring the card reader at the same time as they bring over the bill, because the assumption is you're likely paying with a card, either credit or debit, so why not save the extra trips entirely?
I actually prefer it - I hate having the waiter hovering over me while i decide the tip + I can continue a conversation/finalize my bill at my leisure if my card is simply returned awaiting my signature.
How is that any different from the "awkward dance" of using cash and waiting to get change back? And trying to make sure you wind up with bills of the necessary denominations to be able to leave the right tip? Not to mention when you realize you misplanned and need to visit the ATM while someone stays at the table.
No, if we're talking only about convenience, a card wins every single time.
Huh. Weird. I feel like I can count on one hand the number of times in my life where I've happened to have bills that add up to exact change for a meal. Even allowing a couple of dollars to round in either direction. Like, I always need change.
Maybe different strategies for managing cash? Which it's never even occurred to me until now that could be a thing.
Thank you! At this point we reapplied but left thinking, what if we had filed a motion? The main thing was they did not know how quick it would have reopened and I risked running out of authorization in the meantime.
They did not strike me as particularly knowledgeable as to getting a Congressional office involved even though I brought it up. Just big-tech provided lawyers, not sure how effective they are when the process deviates from usual
That would have been a better comment without the dig. I suspect the person you're replying to would find "Against Method" interesting (assuming they haven't already read it).
Yeah, the way it's done in my country is the founder and his existing investors pool into a holding for the 51% which the founder controls. Then, they cannot sell around his back
I've seen small towns adopt cash only payments to curtail this. Why should the tax pay effectively a 2%+ tax on the economic activity of the town. Imagine a bunch of people living there, transacting with each other, 2% tax for every movement?
On some levels yes, if getting and keeping cash is your aim, it can work.
But there are costs associated with cash too. It has to be stored safely, counted and reconciled, banked (not always free) etc etc.
I’m not saying credit card fees are ‘cheap’, especially not in the US where they seem to be quite high to support the cashback economy, but cash isn’t free for a business either.
You're not going to reliably bully people away from transaction their species-backed stores of value for petroleum. Particularly not dozens of non-USDollar-backed countries eager to transact differently.
See: recent price of gold and bitcoin and oil (and stock market, in general) IE: NOT USD
See, also: several countries request physical return of their alleged gold holdings
So, they just ban crypto, and then they take your precious metals.
Think I'm kidding about the last one? The US government has already taken gold from citizens (by law, and without recourse) before, and nobody did anything about it.
