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Decided to start paying predominantly cash again
(lemmy.mtate.me.uk)
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I've lived in Germany and cards are just not really a thing there. The only real thing I hated about it was that everyone was somehow incapable of just prepping their cash, so I've wasted countless hours waiting in line at banks.
The other thing I hated was during corona. I worked in a store and we had to handle all that cash 🤢
Other than that, the coins are quite annoying. They're bulky and heavy. My trick was to just empty them out every time I came home into a bowl. Then once a year or so I'd get it turned into paper money.
I have a leather coin bag full of change that I swear I could bludgeon a person to death with because it just so rarely gets used.
It pulls down my pants if I bring it with me anywhere.
I recently had it with me out recently and ended up paying the restaurant bill in exact change because of it and we were all amazed. They say it doesn't happen really anymore.
I just can't justify the like 8 bucks of paper money it would make me either.
😂 The way you wrote it I imagined your pants dropping during a fight.
When I exchanged it I'd always end up with well over 100 euros, even 200.
It was also useful when I was low on money. Just yesterday my account was in the negative because.. apparently it is possible for companies to get money from me when I have none? Well at least the coins were always safely there in my drawer so I could you know.. eat?