Cashless society ?

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Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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NRS said:
Cold said:
Frank7 said:
//Naughty//
As stated more than once, cash is good if your intentions are nefarious. Be that avoiding tax or shagging your cousin.
Far be it from me to suggest there's a link between the two.
Seems a bit strange... why would the friend check his bank account to see if the payment was done? Surely she'd just check her own, as even if it had gone through could have been to wrong person etc, so she would not be completely sure she got the money anyway?
It's a Frank story. You need to suspend the part of your brain which deals with factual analysis.

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Budflicker said:
Kermit power said:
Don't worry poppet, I'm sure you'll get laid one day!

idea

Or maybe you're just getting stressed about seeing your sex life on your bank statement if certain people stop taking cash? hehe
Wow, that escalated quickly....

Is that how you speak to people in real life?
If someone said something in the pub and someone else responded with a "you'd better learn to speak English first" then yes, absolutely.

Of course it doesn't happen in the real world, because nobody in the real world would come out with that sort of sneering comment about another's ability to speak English in the first place.

bad company

18,483 posts

265 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Spumfry said:
bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.
10 years ago? My old local took cards (and gave cash back) 20 years ago.
Having said that, my current local only takes cash, which considering it's s a 'good pub guide' destination type place, upsets a few non locals.
Cash only must be difficult if they’re doing food.

bigdog3

1,823 posts

179 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Kermit power said:
Budflicker said:
Kermit power said:
Don't worry poppet, I'm sure you'll get laid one day!

idea

Or maybe you're just getting stressed about seeing your sex life on your bank statement if certain people stop taking cash? hehe
Wow, that escalated quickly....

Is that how you speak to people in real life?
If someone said something in the pub and someone else responded with a "you'd better learn to speak English first" then yes, absolutely.

Of course it doesn't happen in the real world, because nobody in the real world would come out with that sort of sneering comment about another's ability to speak English in the first place.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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J4CKO said:
Apart from the grammar aspects, about which I think, if you can read it, its near enough for a bloody forum post, that about the oldest profession is a very good point.

I have never visited such an establishment but I cant imagine, for married patrons, that "Madame Blam's Sex Palace" appearing on the joint account statement could be considered less than ideal.

So, the sex industry, I suspect it largely based on spending your wad in more ways than one smile

Also, suspect to a degree that the breakdown for cashless is

PAYE - Bring it on - we are fked tax wise anyway, may as well have the convenience

Self Employed - Oh, er, actually, hang on, the pensioners and the poorer clients like to pay us cash, its a service...

Also, suppose that prices may go up for certain things if certain businesses are fully introduced into the whole world of paying full tax.
Having visited similar establishments, many of them have different names that appear on your receipt/card statement if you choose to pay that way. Plus the 10% card fee every time, or the ATM inside which charges £5 per withdrawal.

So your early evening lap dance, should you choose to pay on card, would not appear as you having spent £50 at "Legs Akimbo", instead it will say you spent £50 at "Royale Bistro" or something similar.

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.

Newspapers dead, really:-

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-...

Yes newspapers and cash have been declining in use but they ain’t dead yet by a long way.
Circulation was declining by double digits year-on-year, now it's just below that.

If that's not dead, it's on life-support. The industry is on its backside, and has been for years.

Henners

12,230 posts

193 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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C70R said:
bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.

Newspapers dead, really:-

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-...

Yes newspapers and cash have been declining in use but they ain’t dead yet by a long way.
Circulation was declining by double digits year-on-year, now it's just below that.

If that's not dead, it's on life-support. The industry is on its backside, and has been for years.
I wonder if you look at newspaper purchases by generation.... I have a feeling you can predict the decade that papers will really die out.

craigjm

17,908 posts

199 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Henners said:
I wonder if you look at newspaper purchases by generation.... I have a feeling you can predict the decade that papers will really die out.
And you can probably do the same with cash. Like all change it’s a generation thing generally. Just like the kids being born today won’t ever drive a car or own a car.

bad company

18,483 posts

265 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Henners said:
C70R said:
bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.

Newspapers dead, really:-

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-...

Yes newspapers and cash have been declining in use but they ain’t dead yet by a long way.
Circulation was declining by double digits year-on-year, now it's just below that.

If that's not dead, it's on life-support. The industry is on its backside, and has been for years.
I wonder if you look at newspaper purchases by generation.... I have a feeling you can predict the decade that papers will really die out.
I wonder If they’ll survive in digital format? Yes we all get our news online but newspapers & magazines are great for features.

technodup

7,576 posts

129 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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RizzoTheRat said:
Out of interest, what sort of proportion of your customers choose to pay in cash, and have you seen that change over the last howevermany years?
I don't keep track of it but I'd guess it's in thirds across cash, bacs and card. Never underestimate how stupid people are though, we had someone nip out from her work to give one of our guys a £3k deposit a wee while ago. Our guy was in an unbranded car and she didn't ask for a receipt. She was a teacher. Simply asking for cash gives some people the impression they're getting a discount, and they'll happily go to the bank.

We're not a one man band on the make though, we intend to sell up in the next couple of years so need legit accounts. Can't be one of those businesses that on paper never makes a profit.

J4CKO

Original Poster:

41,284 posts

199 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Cold said:
Frank7 said:
//Naughty//
As stated more than once, cash is good if your intentions are nefarious. Be that avoiding tax or shagging your cousin.
Far be it from me to suggest there's a link between the two.
Yeah, the neighbour chap needs to stop "pulling randoms" and taking them out for meals, that's his approach to marriage being wrong rather than the fault of the technology !

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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lonny said:
He did well taking someone out for £61. Can you ask him name of restaurant please?
I know the place, and dinner for two is usually £75-£85, but he said they had lunch, just two mains, two glasses of wine, and two coffees.

J4CKO

Original Poster:

41,284 posts

199 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.

Newspapers dead, really:-

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-...

Yes newspapers and cash have been declining in use but they ain’t dead yet by a long way.
I avoid paying by card in my local, only because we have a joint bank account (well mine is joint, hers is her own but that's another story) and it says something like "Farmers Arms - £4.30", then again "Farmers Arms - £4.30" and I get "I thought you said you just nipped in for A pint", apart from the fact its a figure of speech and I am a grown man if I want two whole pints of beer ! I will have them !

Anyway, it was three, Stella Steve got me one as well biggrin

Newspapers, only people I see with one nowadays tend to be older folk who perhaps dont do internet or more likely, dont do smartphones.

I mean, come on, huge papery thing that has out of date news in from yesterday vs a device that updates in real time ?

Henners

12,230 posts

193 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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bad company said:
Henners said:
C70R said:
bad company said:
craigjm said:
I have not used cash in a pub for a good ten years and newspapers are dead unless they are free in reality
You did well using cards for pub drinks 10 years ago.

Newspapers dead, really:-

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-...

Yes newspapers and cash have been declining in use but they ain’t dead yet by a long way.
Circulation was declining by double digits year-on-year, now it's just below that.

If that's not dead, it's on life-support. The industry is on its backside, and has been for years.
I wonder if you look at newspaper purchases by generation.... I have a feeling you can predict the decade that papers will really die out.
I wonder If they’ll survive in digital format? Yes we all get our news online but newspapers & magazines are great for features.
Don’t know.

I used to have The Sunday Times, but binned it and now get pretty much the same for ‘free’ from a number of sources.

Why pay for a paper where the news bit is old by the time it hits the mat.

Budflicker

3,799 posts

183 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Kermit power said:
If someone said something in the pub and someone else responded with a "you'd better learn to speak English first" then yes, absolutely.

Of course it doesn't happen in the real world, because nobody in the real world would come out with that sort of sneering comment about another's ability to speak English in the first place.
You do realise that this is Pistonheads and that pulling people up on grammar, spelling and posting mistakes is pretty common?

For you to feel the need to leap to their defence and then attempt to twist it to sound as if I'd said something with racist connotations is mind boggling.

The original post which I made comment upon was littered with mistakes whilst trying to appear self righteous about taking the moral high ground on cash transactions, I merely pointed out that some of his time would be better spent learning to write in a better fashion.

His reply was just to call me a dick, and yours, well, a strange escalation with assumptions about my sex life?

Your an odd chap.

alorotom

11,907 posts

186 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Budflicker said:
You do realise that this is Pistonheads and that pulling people up on grammar, spelling and posting mistakes is pretty common?

For you to feel the need to leap to their defence and then attempt to twist it to sound as if I'd said something with racist connotations is mind boggling.

The original post which I made comment upon was littered with mistakes whilst trying to appear self righteous about taking the moral high ground on cash transactions, I merely pointed out that some of his time would be better spent learning to write in a better fashion.

His reply was just to call me a dick, and yours, well, a strange escalation with assumptions about my sex life?

Your an odd chap.
My post wasn’t about any high ground - I could not care less if people pay cash or card, it was simply my personal experience of not using cash for anything.

Your reply added nothing other than unnecessary bilge - which to me, is a dick thing to do.

alorotom

11,907 posts

186 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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When I was at college we used to pay on card in a few pubs and that was 1999 in Sunderland, hardly the most forward of places - surprised some seem to think it’s a strange concept!

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Budflicker said:
You do realise that this is Pistonheads and that pulling people up on grammar, spelling and posting mistakes is pretty common?
Yes, I do. Occasionally it's funny and clever when it plays on the error itself. Most of the time, it's sneering snobbishness used to try and demean a poster.

Even so, it's fairly unusual to see a poster do nothing but sneer at someone else about their use of the English language, and when said sneering poster doesn't even make 100% certain that their own use of the English language is absolutely flawless (peoples), it simply invites scorn.

Budflicker said:
For you to feel the need to leap to their defence and then attempt to twist it to sound as if I'd said something with racist connotations is mind boggling.
I wasn't particularly jumping to his defence. Sometimes I just get annoyed by people like you just posting pointless attacks on people that add no value whatsoever to the debate. If you think I'm twisting your "learn to write better English" into racist connotations, I suggest you take a look at yourself, not me, as race never entered my thinking.

Budflicker said:
The original post which I made comment upon was littered with mistakes whilst trying to appear self righteous about taking the moral high ground on cash transactions,
It certainly had a couple of slips, but I'd hardly say "littered with mistakes", and it certainly didn't make it incomprehensible or even ambiguous. It didn't come across as at all self-righteous to me either. I suspect your strange, aggressive response was prompted more by some sort of strange defensiveness and perceived slight on your behalf than anything he wrote?

Budflicker said:
I merely pointed out that some of his time would be better spent learning to write in a better fashion.
With a grammatical error of your own. Oops!

Budflicker said:
His reply was just to call me a dick, and yours, well, a strange escalation with assumptions about my sex life?
So it's OK for you to just post up an unwarranted comment denigrating someone else for their writing skills without contributing in any way to the debate, but not for others to take the piss out of you with a bit of an attempt at humour?

Budflicker said:
Your an odd chap.
Oh look... Another error... Should we now ignore your posts until you've invested a bit more time in improving your written English? wink

Budflicker

3,799 posts

183 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Budflicker

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183 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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