It’s still necessary in lots of places though, for example village fetes etc where there are no reliable contactless systems. I’ve been to events where they have card readers paired with phones but the local masts get overwhelmed with the number of people and the phones can’t get a signal, even when they have brought in mobile masts for the occasion. So unfortunately you still need cash.
Cash is just so inconvenient. Sure, it’s not so bad when you’re just dealing with notes, but as soon as you add coins it goes downhill fast.
That being said, I do get that cash makes it easier to think twice about purchases as you’re not just tapping your card like it’s a bongo drum.
I stopped using cash at the pub when our usual round started costing a non-integer number of pounds. Just don’t want to deal with the shrapnel.
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It’s still necessary in lots of places though, for example village fetes etc where there are no reliable contactless systems. I’ve been to events where they have card readers paired with phones but the local masts get overwhelmed with the number of people and the phones can’t get a signal, even when they have brought in mobile masts for the occasion. So unfortunately you still need cash.