Cashless Society

[Hymie]

I’m making a claim today (for a UK first) in terms of the UK becoming a cashless society.

At lunchtime today I was unable to buy a drink; I had cash, I had a credit card, I had a debit card, I even had a gift card for the pub chain – but my Nokia 3310 is not compatible with the required app to order away from the bar. Staff refused to serve me, not having an acceptable (to them) method of payment.

Anyone going to claim this has happened to them before today?

[david small]

Name and shame this substandard establishment.

[Georgiesmum]

No, I think thats very wrong of them.

[Theland]

I agree this is inevitable.
This thread should be in R & S, mark of the beast.

[Maydup]

That is ridiculous, drink elsewhere and please let us know so that we can too.

[Jackdaw33]

Yes. Tell us where so that if it's part of a chain we can avoid it.

[Hymie]

The pub chain has some connection with spoons.

[sevenOP]

That is the way things will go:
"We are not forcing you to comply, but is you do not you cannot access the service."

[Jackdaw33]

This will do them a great deal of good. I am very surprised.

[david small]

Wether or not it’s connected to spoons, what town was this disgraceful failure of a public house situated?

[Buenchico]

I'd call it an indication of a 'smartphone-obligatory' society, rather than specifically of a 'cashless' one.

It's much the same as when I registered for the NHS eConsult service the other day, where the system seemed to assume that I was using a device with a camera built into it by suddenly telling me to turn up the brightness on my screen, so that my photo could be taken. (Fortunately I was, but it was unclear how I could have registered without either a smartphone or a camera-enabled laptop.; there were no instructions for using a bog standard desktop). It's also in line with the expectation that all adults in England with download the NHS Covid-19 app, which requires them to have an Android phone (running Android 6.0 or later) or an up-to-date iPhone.

There are several shops and pubs in this area which were already totally cashless, well before Covid-19, which I thoroughly applaud.

I took some money out of a cash machine just a few hours ago, just in case I have to deal with any businesses still stuck in the dark ages, but it was only the second time this year that I've used an ATM. Cash is, thankfully, nearly dead!

[Theland]

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Revelation%2013%3A17

Starts with a smartphone, QR code.

[Maydup]

That is surprising because we went recently and paid at the counter with a gift card. We did use the app on a visit to a different Spoons on another day but there were plenty of people paying by card at the bar.

[Buenchico]

>>> The pub chain has some connection with spoons

Really???

Quote:
"[Q] Can I still pay by cash or credit/debit card, if I can't use the Wetherspoon app?

[A] Yes. A staff member will take your order – food and drink will be brought to your table.

However, customers will be encouraged, at all times, to use the Wetherspoon app for ordering and payment.

If a customer cannot use the Wetherspoon app, contactless payments are encouraged. The limit has been increased to £45 for card contactless (Apple/Google Pay limit is £100). Some customers have started to use Wetherspoon gift cards, where possible, to avoid cash transactions."

Source:
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/contact/faqs/covid19/uk-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

[Cloverjo]

How am I meant to pay my window cleaner and my gardener without cash? They seems very happy to accept it.

[Hymie]

But I had three cashless payment methods – not of which was acceptable.

[david small]

That’s you Buenchico, not everyone wants a card in their wallets. I have cash in my back pocket, always have and always will. If it’s card only, I go elsewhere.

[Maydup]

Then send a complaint via their website Hymie. Cashless does not me cardless. They should have accepted all the methods of payment you have listed.

[douglas9401]

This is the thin end of my wedge.

[Hymie]

I will shortly be writing a snot-a-gram to Tim Martin.

[sevenOP]

"I took some money out of a cash machine just a few hours ago, just in case I have to deal with any businesses still stuck in the dark ages, "

that option along with every other purchasing option, ceases when the power goes. ( a really Dark Age)