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dotti34 · 05-10-2020, 01:02

About the prospect of a cashless society - there are definitely times when using cash is still a necessity. For example, although I use my card of course, there are times when I do have to have cash in the house otherwise how could I pay the man who mows my lawn to earn a bit extra to supplement his pension? How could I give my young grandchildren their holiday spending money to use as they see fit? How can I pay my neighbour for some shopping she has got for me? Okay, so these are trivial examples but are necessary for me. Plastic might be the way of the world now but there is still a place for cash.

Also, I can understand the reluctance that some people (maybe they ARE mainly of the older generation) have regarding the use of bankcards rather than cash. We probably all know someone, or of someone, who has had unauthorised transaction/s carried out on their card by some lowlife. So the security of these cards can be in question, and will be questioned by those who are already apprehensive about the use of them as against good old cash.

05-10-2020, 01:02	#47
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: Does it worry you....? About the prospect of a cashless society - there are definitely times when using cash is still a necessity. For example, although I use my card of course, there are times when I do have to have cash in the house otherwise how could I pay the man who mows my lawn to earn a bit extra to supplement his pension? How could I give my young grandchildren their holiday spending money to use as they see fit? How can I pay my neighbour for some shopping she has got for me? Okay, so these are trivial examples but are necessary for me. Plastic might be the way of the world now but there is still a place for cash. Also, I can understand the reluctance that some people (maybe they ARE mainly of the older generation) have regarding the use of bankcards rather than cash. We probably all know someone, or of someone, who has had unauthorised transaction/s carried out on their card by some lowlife. So the security of these cards can be in question, and will be questioned by those who are already apprehensive about the use of them as against good old cash.