Krispy Cremes won't accept Cash??

Quite a few petrol stations around D15 sell boxes of luxury donuts. Just grab a couple boxes on the fly, no need to queue.

1 or 2 convenience shops too I think.

Try offbeat donuts too. Drop anywhere that doesn't take cash.

Slightly out of location, though on topic, there's a small hotel near me in Co Louth that also serves as the only pub in the village.

It stopped taking cash when it opened after the pandemic closures. Captive audience, there isn't an alternative for several Kms!

Gloves and tongs are also available...

will you then eat them while wearing plastic gloves? do you carry around a sterilized tongs?

cause if not then the chain of perfect hygiene will be broken. what surfaces have you touched since last washing your hands, who has touched the steering wheel or door handle.

is there someone in the back, boxing up your donuts but didn't wear fresh gloves, rendering the question of cash/card irrelevant, maybe they've already been touched by a glove that was less than perfect. or did they use a fresh tongs, and then pass the box to the cashier, again making the cash/card question irrelevant. does the cashier use hand sanitizer anyway. is there an airborne virus around?

many questions and possibilities.

all i know is if you're not taking cash im buying it somewhere else. even if i have my cards on me. i hear that nonsense and im off.

Less costs yes, lower prices unlikely.

They brought this in as a COVID measure originally . A few other businesses did the same.

Local takeaway won't take cash for deliveries, I asked them why.

Drivers were being robbed of money on a weekly basis and it was putting them (and profits) at risk.

Since they've been clear no cash (only tips) will be accepted there's been 0 robberies. It's difficult enough to get drivers, why put them at extra risk and risk losing the few they have. That's pretty much what I was told.

Sure what is the harm? Just tap your card ffs

its 2022

whinge bags

While there's many advantages to digital banking and paying with your card, there are also many disadvantages of moving to a cashless society.

A big company like this one will probably have a competitive deal with their bank in terms of charges for cards, but I'm not sure if smaller businesses would be in as strong a position. I heard one restaurant owner recently saying that they were paying €1k a month in credit card commissions, and I'd be fearful that this is only the start of it.

Banks have been moving people away from cash over the years because it suits them. But while it's cheap (and in many cases free) at the moment to tap, wait and see what happens if you're left with no alternative but to pay with cards - then they'll start upping the charges, especially when there's effectively only three banks left in the country.

Banks have shown consistent contempt for customers over the years, and the recent debacle with AIB's botched attempt to turn 70 of its branches into cashless operations is another reminder of how they would behave if they were left to their own devices.

There was also the situation recently where the Aviva Stadium's technology went down for a couple of hours during an American Football Game recently. The stadium had made the decision to go cashless, and they chose to give away 75% of their stock for free at a cost of about €500k.

I'm often amused when staff working on tills are totally confused when they have to operate the cash box - it's a sign of the way things are going.