Mudgie
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Yes, and "pretty expensive" means considerably more than £1.38.
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Mudgie
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I don't consider asking a question on here, as I did at 8.14pm yesterday, and appropriately responding to any replies as banging on about it.Or bang on about it on a forum
rudie111
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The effort spent with all these messages would have been better placed picking up the phone and calling the council
Mudgie
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Maybe, but aren't forums such as this meant to be about sharing local information that could be of use or interest to others ?
industryarch
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no you can still write chequesIs your whole life spent going to places to pay them cash?
Don't see how that's different to paying by debit card tbh. Unless it's to keep a record. Although I was never very good at writing on the stubs....
And the answer to my question did indeed say that they paid cash.
littleme
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I really couldn't believe it, when at the start of covid, when (my) the Supermarkets stopped taking cash, how many people claimed not to have a card, or a bank account. This was a whole new thing to me, I had never considered that people write themselves a cheque, cash it in a bank, and use that cash for the week. To not even have an account is a horrific thought to me.
But then I use my card, and online mobile banking all the time (I'm 50, so would class myself as middle aged).
Many customers soon found the abity to use a card instead of cash when they learnt they would have to 'do it themselves' at self scan, rather than use a till.
Still can't believe how many have gone back to using cash. (filthy disease ridden cash).
Gramaisc
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I have frequently been given incorrect information from officials, mostly from government departments and "agencies", rather than local councils, but they are certainly not immune..
Mudgie
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Can you provide any evidence of proper money being "filthy" or "disease ridden"?I really couldn't believe it, when at the start of covid, when (my) the Supermarkets stopped taking cash, how many people claimed not to have a card, or a bank account. This was a whole new thing to me, I had never considered that people write themselves a cheque, cash it in a bank, and use that cash for the week. To not even have an account is a horrific thought to me.
But then I use my card, and online mobile banking all the time (I'm 50, so would class myself as middle aged).
Many customers soon found the abity to use a card instead of cash when they learnt they would have to 'do it themselves' at self scan, rather than use a till.
Still can't believe how many have gone back to using cash. (filthy disease ridden cash).
What next - that we can catch VD from a lavatory seat ?
- or that there's more risk of catching coronavirus in pubs than in supermarkets ?
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c0tt0nt0p
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To be honest it's not that much of a surprise.
https://www.money.co.uk/guides/revealed-the-life-threatening-bacteria-on-your-cash.htm
https://www.money.co.uk/guides/revealed-the-life-threatening-bacteria-on-your-cash.htm
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
It's no surprise whatsoever to anyone I would have thought/hoped.
The salient point from your link is this:
Mudgie
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Okay, "Key findings" are
(a) 19 different types of bacteria discovered
(b) 2 superbugs including MRSA discovered on our coins and notes
(c) Listeria found on 20p, 50p, and £1 coins and on our notes
But that's different from providing any proper evidence of people becoming ill from handling cash.
I've more confidence in the 18th century proverb that says we all have to eat a peck of dirt before we die.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Well regardless of providing evidence that is acceptable to you, the country is moving rapidly towards a cashless society, even more so now because of the current excitement. So it might be time to get with the program?
Mudgie
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And then when the electronic payment system fails - and fail it will - and supermarkets can only take proper money everyone will wish they'd still got that wad of banknotes in their wallet.
Mudgie
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So not enough to be useful ?!
Now can we please get back to discussing recycling changes ?
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
So did you ring them to get an answer to your question?
littleme
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Wow, wow, and errrr, just wow.
Glam
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Nah, just the ones in Casa, or at least that was the case when a close relative worked there.............