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Yep. But for me I started using cash when I noticed my local stores were trying to transition away from cash. They would have one aisle that would accept cash. As soon as I noticed the transition away from cash at my daily stores, I started using cash way more often and I was a prick about it. For example at a drag race, I couldn't use a card. I'd select some items I wanted to buy, get into line, then be like oh can I pay in cash? No? And then leave the item that the register. Sure cards are convenient, but this world will become so much more oppressive if we lose the ability to spend with cash.

Buy a $1000 tablet, lol here's 50 $20.

You'll also notice the clerk's attitude change. The money I'm spending becomes real to them. It's no longer just a number on a screen. They recognize how long it takes to earn that $20.

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There's a store with lots of self-checkout machines and one human cashier, who is trained to ask "Are you paying with cash?" then direct you to machines otherwise. Sometimes they look disappointed when I confirm cash payment. I should ask, "Do you prefer digital payment?" and follow up with, "If everyone pays digitally, what will you do?"

What does it achieve to be snarky to someone who can do nothing about it?

That lone human cashier can say, "Are you paying with cash? I'm happy to help you!"

Seen at independent shops, sometimes with a discount for cash payment.

Small businesses I regular almost always give me a discount for using cash. Even when I make several hundred dollar purchases they extra appreciate it. They avoid the visa/stripe fees and I avoid my purchasing data being sold to advertisers. Everyone wins.

Brave and strong people with morals will quit working for the company. Customer service will worsen. People will start taking their money elsewhere.

Most people want to improve society; however, if every day it becomes clear to an employee that they are helping an evil megacorp some employees will try to do something about it. Example: Inform management how their policy is turning customers away. That it happens multiple times a day. That Sherry got a new job because she got tired following management's evil policies.

In closing they can do something about it. If enough of them push it up to their leadership, leadership will make changes. Come on bro you know this.

And in the meantime all those brave and strong people will be homeless just to make a point because they are brave and strong.

Been there done that. In some ways the best time of my life, and another ways the worst time of my life. However momentary homelessness does put things into perspective for a person. What's important? Having that flashy new car or driving that junker that I must work on every two months. Keeping up with the Joneses or living frugally? There's a big difference between needs and wants. Making smart financial choices so that I can have a spine when speaking to my boss? Yes.

Post script: People can get a new job before quitting their current job... Post script two: People can also bring issues up to leadership in a respectful way that doesn't risk unemployment. If someone's leadership is a tyrannical, it's probably best to get fired anyhow. Oppression is never a good feeling; be it from a boss or a government.

It's pretty obvious when you meet someone who's never worked retail.

Apparently not because you just got that wrong bucko.

The store that I worked at liked earning money. We didn't turn customers away because they wanted to pay in cash.

Really? There are plenty of digital payment only stores in my country.

Some US cities mandate cash acceptance by law, e.g. San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York City.

There is also a pending US federal lawsuit which attempts to require that all federal lands [e.g. NPS] requiring paid admission to accept cash for entry.

I think this will help establish "cash allowed" precedent. I don't even use email, so this will be really helpful (since you cannot receive the entry pass without email and CC).

Do they validate that email? Strange to come across someone with no email address, not even an anonymous one.

I don't believe they directly "validate" that email, but they do send the admission pass there. So without providing the email address [it won't even process the CC transaction] you wouldn't be able to receive a printout of the permitted entry [again, presuming it would still transact without providing email].

>no email address

I only use temporary burners, nothing longer-term storage than ten minutes. At a chancery court action about a year ago, judge made me sign a statement attesting to not using email.

i expect the opposite soon.

want anything from federal gov? you better have a id.me account with a verified secure device owned by google or apple, or else.

I worked retail for years and I still insist on using cash everywhere.

What's your point?

Most of the time the card people go to the automated check-outs and I have to flag down an actual human to pay cash which helps keep them employed

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