Why no fuel Discounts for cash over card in the UK?

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Originally Posted by ITSv40

I don't understand the nostalgia for cash. My salary has been paid into my bank account for more years than I can remember - I think the last time I physically visited my bank branch must have been more than twenty years ago. My pensions - works and state - are both paid directly into the bank, so no cash involved.

Forty years ago I was a foreman for a local authority and looked after 25 employees. Everyone was paid weekly in cash and every week I had to wait at the depot on a Thursday and recieve the wages. At about 11am the Secuticor van would arrive - toot its horn - and I would promptly walk out to the van - parked out on the street - and sign for 26 wage packets. I then waited for the employees to return to the depot at 12.30pm where I then gave the wage packets to each individual - having been in the depot alone with no security whatsoever. Btw the depot was on a sink council estate - I cannot imagine that scenario being acceptable today.

Coming back to the present: I was in a local charity shop.a few weeks ago and bought a pair of trousers for £4. I automatically proffered a five pound note and the assistant exclaimed 'you are paying cash' I then said ' I can pay by card if you prefer ' yes please came the reply, cash is so dirty. This is a local charity supporting the local hospice so not any big corporate entity. Only three days ago I was in a charity shop in the Algarve supporting distressed animals - again local charity supporting a local organisation. I bought a polo shirt and at the till was a sign saying 'card payments only' Cards are so convenient.

Many years ago my wife worked in a factory in London. They used to walk to the bank every Friday to get the cash to pay the workers. In an attempt to not get robbed they carried the cash on a tray covered in a tea towel, hoping it looked like they'd picked up lunch. One Friday a gang attacked two of the women walking into the factory with a tray, they got away with several cheese rolls and some chocolate cake.