Cash - am I out of touch?

Me too, it's too easy to control people if you can cut off their access to their own money.
The thing with the Canadian truckers was a head turner.

our local posh plant nursery and adjoining cafe stopped taking cash when they reopened after covid but around 6 months ago, they started again.

I find that when I ooe my purse it contains both cash and cards and my hand is equally able to take either out and put either back in

Are you not familiar with how a purse works 😀

I don’t disagree. But the post I quoted suggested it was easier to stick to a budget with cash. My reply was to point out that that’s not the case for everyone.

You don't know that.
I work for an accountant, we bookkeep for some cash only sole traders.
They put their self assessments in yearly.

It may be accounted for but the PP (and many others) find card paying means going over budget because it's not physical.

I'm a bit concerned at the amount of people that are negative about cash, knowing the full pros and cons of a cashless society!! It's not a society I'd choose to live in that's for sure!

I found it really difficult last time I was in the UK. I didn't want to keep using my credit card and being charged exchange fees per transaction but nowhere took cash.

Well when the card system goes down which it did in Sainsbury's not long ago it is good to have cash on you. People are far to reliant on cards and systems can and do fail

I like using cash but more and more places are not accepting it.

Me and DH went to a cafe the other day and had coffee and cake. When DH tried to pay by card the owner said he only took cash. We didn't have any cash on us and there were no signs saying this was the case.

DH had to drive to the nearest cash machine. Just wish places would be consistent

having people think your a criminal is a ridiculous answer)?

This is my sole reason for not using cash.

I like cash and I think cash still definitely has its place in life. For example - birthday cards, the tooth fairy, boot sales etc.
I bet waiters/waitresses got more tips when people used cash and I remember a time when you couldn't pay by card for something less than £5 in a shop, now you can pay for any amount

well if they don't regularly take cash, why have a till full of change?

Drives me crazy when someone owes me money and gives it to me in cash! Just do it by bank transfer as I have to take it into the bank to deposit which is a pain!

Even at my local supermarket the self scans do not take cash, so I have to queue in the long line for a manned till if I want to use up my cash.

“I keep a sum of cash in the house for an emergency but I don't spend cash at all in shops. I think it is very important for people to keep using cash because it keeps the door open for cash use in the future but I'm scared to do it in case people think I'm a criminal.”

So you keep cash and don’t spend it at all in shops but you also think it’s very important for people to keep using it….. so if you have cash and think it’s important why don’t you spend it (having people think your a criminal is a ridiculous answer)?

I pay my window cleaner with a bank transfer

Sainsburys and large supermarkets/fuel stations take cash .However all the pubs/Restaurants here, will only accept Card payments . Most have a sign up stating this .However I went to a lounge type cafe, and a chap had a bag of coins! To my surprise they accepted it!

Medium sized market town near us has had the final bank branch close in the last few years. All businesses there (except for the big tesco) are now pretty much card only. Because cash needs to be paid into a bank. And sending staff on an hour round trip (drive to town with bank, pay for parking, queue in bank, walk back to car, drive back to shop) just isn't worth it.

YANBU, OP. I use cash for everything in-person.

In my home country, there's now a law that businesses have to accept cash payments (with some exceptions, like commercial purchasers, festivals, transactions over a certain value). I think something similar should be brought in here.

After the meal is particularly egregious. While the people who try the argument that cash should be accepted because it is 'legal tender' are wrong about the meaning of legal tender, legal tender does refer to what has to be legally accepted for the satisfaction of a debt (with some limitations as to what value of coins are legal tender to what value of debt). Once you've consumed the meal, you do have a debt to the restaurant to pay.

Even the local big issue seller takes contactless payments.

Cash is on its way out.

Unfortunately, I think it is a glimpse into the future. There has been a step change since covid. I rarely use cash these days. Personally, I find it easier without cash, especially since I can pay with my phone. I am increasingly not even taking a wallet these days.

I think the window cleaner is the only person who still likes cash, but even he will take a bank transfer.

I don't know anyone who uses cash now. Who wants to faff around carrying coins and carrying exact amounts.

When doing a whip round in the office or for teachers etc I use collecriv so much easier!

I had to get cash out for the office tea fund yesterday and that was the first time I’ve used cash in about a year.

My work doesn't take cash and someone rang to tell me they weren't going to use us because of it

I'm on min wage mate, I'm not making the decisions and they're not likely to change it because one customer has said they won't use us
We take card, online payment and Apple Pay

OP - if this isn’t a chain pub, they rely on their reputation. Personally I’d leave a low trip advisor review stating that they don’t advertise themselves as card only, but when you go to pay, they won’t give change, effectively making their business card only or charging more for those paying by cash. that this policy should be made clear in their website and on their menus before you order, rather than a nasty surprise that could spoil an otherwise lovely evening.

if you have a local Facebook group, put up a similar post just warning locals - they don’t advertise as card only, effectively charging more for cash as they don’t give change, unfair not to put it on their menus /website so you can decide in advance if this suits you etc.

it’s fine to have annoying policies like this, it’s not ok to wait until someone has ordered to say so.

(taking cash but no change is the most fucking annoying policy- just say you are card only )