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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by brnt on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:29PM (#32298533)
I learned to avoid lines with old people in France, because they will be paying with cash or even worse, cheques.

Yes, I've heard all about the benefits of cash on HN, but the millions of man years saved by not standing in line has to be worth something too. One Auchan was boasting that they got line time down to 4 minutes. In NL, anythng longer than 30 seconds is unusual.

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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:36PM (#32298596)
NL is a more modern country with a forward thinking population. Germany and Austria are more backwards and conservative.

If you come to Austrian supermarkets at rush hour, the lines will last several minutes. It not uncommon to hear disgruntled customers (usually old people ironically) yell at supermarket employees to open another till after waiting for ages.

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