Sorry card only ...

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Has anybody answered the fear of the government issue yet?

Ziplobb said:

Really ? I really could not be bothered I don't have a amartphone for one thing and asking everyone for a sort code and account number when I can just leave a couple of bits of paper on the table.. I always have a few hundred quid on me it saves so much time - we were out the other night and I asked for the bill put my £70 on the table and then had to wait another 10/15 minutes for the waitress to bring over the card machine for my friend to pay

You don't need that (at least here in Norway). One person pays by card, the rest use a phone app, you have your bank account linked to your phone so you put in your pin/ finger print, click on their name and send the money you need to. No need for finding out bank account numbers etc.

Another benefit of paying by card etc is making it easier to check when you bought stuff/ the price if needed. With cash you need to keep the receipt and try not to lose it and have somewhere you can find it.

alock said:

I would never be in that situation. That's like asking someone who plans to use Apple Pay how they would pay the bill if they didn't have their phone.

In my wallet now I have 2x£5, 1x£10 and 8x£20 notes. This is typical and not an exception. Some people are over thinking this and trying to make their lives harder than they need to be.

I have't even mentioned the biggest advantage of cash. Waitress brings bill to table. I put the cash down and leave. I don't have to wait for her to return and process a payment.

Maybe that is the case for you, but whenever I have been out in larger groups it is a nightmare trying to sort out the bill, as various people do not have the correct notes to be nearest their part of the cost. And then you either end up a bit short at the end (either someone trying to sneak out of the cost or more likely the different notes meant it got mixed up) or sometimes end up with 50% extra at the end!

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Frank7 said:

I may have misjudged your inference here, if so, please accept my sincere apologies.
I took from your "willy waving" reference, that you felt that the posters, (including myself), who'd said that they almost always had a bit of cash on them, were boasting a bit.
It may have been a generational thing, older people more accustomed to being paid in cash, and not having their salary/wages, paid into their bank.
Because I worked for years in a cash oriented business, taxi driving, I nearly always had cash on me when I went out, this never made me feel superior to friends who rarely had any, and used cards all the time.
In fact, an architect friend of mine used to call me 'the bank of Frank.'
When we dined together, he had no need to use an ATM, if the bill came to £100, I'd pull up £50 cash, he'd take it, and pay by card.

Not aimed at you or cash carriers, carrying cash or card, neither is supperior in my mind as they are in essance the same thing when it comes to buying something. More aimed at the post of looking like a tight arsed student wanting to split over card and also the countless posts forum wide of people belittling others who want to simply pay for what they eat.