I just saw something about there being 150 million £1 coins still out in the hands on the public.
Does everyone here WANT to go plastic only?
Out here there is no coin shortage except for the stores who are pretending. They just as soon go card, saves them money so they can lay off or fire more employees
I’m all for change but not sure this is a good idea
Think about how easy the government can get into your account…if they put in money they can easily take out.
I think plastic is convenient but I dont think that safe to go all plastic.
Where is “out here” and how do you know the stores are “pretending”? And how is plastic unsafe?
What? How do you know they’re pretending?
I see what you did there.
I thought about it. I don’t see the issue.
I think you’re giving him too much credit.
I already listed one possibility of danger
Out here, oh sorry, forgot to explain. In the outside of the city, like in the country. Neighbor works at the bank and she said there are no problems there.
Has anyone talked about a cashless society and its pros and cons?
Oh of course its just a conspiracy theory about the stores but they will do anything to get rid of employees to save money. Self check outs is another example of removing employees. Ordering on line is handy too but that does away with cashiers too. They can pay the people peanuts that are fulfilling orders until they figure out another way to fulfill orders.
So yeah no proof except for the previous actions of retailers and working for them
Him?
Definitely, I didnt mean a pun at all. Too dumb.
Sorry about that!
Tattoo my national creditcard number on my forearm, if it makes shopping simpler I’m all for it.
What a card you are.
Self checkouts I think are fine, the store still employs staff to maintain, stock machines with cash and change, in my store in the Midwest there is always at least one cashier standing by to help, cleaning the self pay registers, etc. not sure the net loss in employment is that drastic. I like having the option of using them if I have just a few items and I can then be out the door without standing in a traditional line behind three people buying $200 dollars worth of groceries just so that I can buy $10 worth of something.
On line ordering also still employs as many people, they are still working, just behind the lines where we can’t see them. A cashier has to ring up every item, put it in a crate, organize hundreds of crates til you come by to pick it up, yet another employed person brings it out to you or another employed person brings it to your house. I don’t think stores are pulling anything over on us.
I’m also not sure one person’s anecdote that ‘nothing has changed in her bank’ is really that definitive. It’s important to not spread broad conclusions from a few anecdotes filtered through lots of tellers-that’s how panic buying and hoarding starts.
I’m old enough (really old, BTW) that I like using coins and hope they stay around but I also like that for the most part we can now debit card almost any amount instead of minimum charges-that was annoying.
If pennies went away, perhaps even nickels, I wouldn’t mind. For cash rounding up or down to the nearest dine would be fine, it equals out in the end. Charges could stay to the nearest cent since no actually coins need be involved.