Oddbean new post about login | logout Keep paying cash! I mostly avoid the places that don't even accept it, but it sucks when more and more places in the city seem to go along... and mostly they have some naive teenager working there looking all glazed when I point out that by law they should accept cash.. As a useful tip. I carry much small change so I can always pay the exact price when the excuse is given that they don't have change..
I have to check the legal situation in my country. In the end you don't need that much small change if you don't mind over-paying by half a dollar unless they then can refuse to get a tip.
Maybe more useful with euro's. Dollar bills, like them, never knew how much I had in my pocket. De euros bills all different sizes with five being the smallest, so carry one and two euro coins etc.. I understood why many go cashless. One snack place owner told me how he needed to pay extra to deliver cash to the bank and had to pay more and more to get rolls of coins.. So incentive is pushing to cashless.