Isn’t this about whether the Government should compel businesses to accept cash?
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As GBM points out, handling cash is inconvenient and expensive.
I started this as a poll to get a wide range of views. Undoubtedly cash is messy to handle and yet where I see businesses and their staff grumbling about it, part of me feel
"yes - but services should be about what the service user - the customers - wants and needs, and not about the convenience to the staff". The other part of me sees those extra delay seconds on buses (especially) where the customer joining does a slower cash-and-change transaction and other customer sit patiently waiting.
Question - did I see that on the Valley lines in South Wales, the corner stores near to some (smaller?) stations will sell you a ticket for cash, but it won't be accepted on the tram/train or with machines at the station?
A parallel - for user group(s) - (
MTUG» ,
WWRUG» ,
TWSW» , etc) should we accept that some members are not online and correspond with them in print rather than through email? How about people who want to join and can't because of some personal limitation? How about people who have chosen not to be online? How about people who are taking a principled stand against everything being done through a computer?
No answer from me, here ... I have voted that cash should be accepted though with some exceptions. And what are those suggestions? I would suggest journeys that require formal ID - such as Eurostar, and journeys that are made for purely leisure purposes outside the normal transportation needs. So heritage railways, coach excursions, the runaway mine train at Alton Towers, mail rail, and Great Britain XVII are exempt from accepting cash.
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