To wonder why, in 2018, some places don't take cards?

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I rarely carry cash as I rarely need it. Public transport here is cash free. Works canteen is cash free. Almost everywhere else accepts card - even the market stall greengrocer.

And yet every so often I find a shop that won't take cards. I tried to buy a £2.50 item in a shop yesterday. Turned out card minimum was a fiver. Only ATM in the neighbourhood is broken, and I wasn't willing to walk a mile round trip to the next one, so they lost a sale.

Why oh why in 2018 are shops still declining cards as a form of payment?

OK, been a long time. So I don't have to tip 20% if I go again? Worth knowing.

Still clueless not to have any cash on you, especially those dependent on a fragile power guzzling device that could fail at any time. Still, as long as there's no whinging if caught out then take the risk!