Starbucks don't take cash

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AIBU to think this is ridiculous?

Took DS yesterday for a treat after school with his birthday money. We only spent £8 but as he handed over his £10 we were told, sorry we don't take cash anymore, card payments only.

Is this just the start of the slippery slope down to a cashless society ?

Really annoyed me!

Bit rude. They did paper rounds and were paid in cash - quite standard IME. They were well able to use money thanks.

Ah, but it won’t just be your bank who knows will it ?!!

Someone who's lost their wallet also /has/ to only pay cash until they can get another card.

Can you please give me the company name so I know not to use you?

I went to Sweden for work a couple of years ago and struggled to find cafes or bakeries that accepted cash.

If their purse/wallet has been lost or stolen, presumably their cash was in it, so they have no cash!

Who else? The government? Elon Musk? Donald Trump?

I don't really care, to be honest.

Why is it that card users object to other people having choice?

Going to be well fucked if we start with the power cuts.

Okay, so they were paid in cash. You should have taught them to put their cash in the bank and how to use a card from pre-teen age.

I hope that you stood up to vulnerable people in Sweden by keeping looking.

for not to!

@bruffin

i never said otherwise.

however, the OP claims she can't/won't download a banking App.

that wasn't my point though, my point was the OP saying if you pay by card you must have lots of money, which is just nonsense.

It doesn't bother me at all. I haven't really used cash in years and never have any.

Not really. It's not like shops can stay open without power regardless of how you pay.

BIG difference is that with id you can go to the bank and get cash out, unless you bank with metro where you can get a new bank card the same day then you have to wait for a new card to come down. In my case I waited over 3 weeks! Also with the Royal Mail strikes the chances of anyone receiving a card quickly is hugely reduced.

And I'm sure you have authoritative sources to back up that confident assertion.

Fuck off with your sneery 'chill,' as well.

Aside from the possibility of having some money in a pocket somewhere, if you've lost your card, you can withdraw money in-branch.

I can't see what you'd do under present circumstances if this happened in a cashless society. Maybe in such a scenario they'd introduce giving you a temporary pre-loaded card.

Left my wallet behind in a shop in another country once on the day I was flying back to the UK. Having some money not in that (new) wallet meant I could buy myself a dinner and pay for a bus ticket to the airport.

Thanks for letting me know, this way I know to not to buy in starbucks anymore.

@pumpkinscoop that's a distinct possibility, the only thing that makes me feel it's not likely is the competition between banks. I think that'll keep it under control.

Not everyone has online banking. I'm assuming that's what you mean.

It was but I'm pretty sure if you went into a branch they would do this

I use cash in Starbucks. I would stop going somewhere that does not take cash.

I haven't got any banking apps on my phone as I find them annoying, I use cards though all the while, I have eight different ones, so that would be a lot of pesky apps if I was to need an app for each one but I also think cash should be an option also. I don't go anywhere that needs an app as I don't want them cluttering up my phone.

Our corner shop and local pub stayed open during a local power cut.