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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by nicbou on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:50AM (#34500721)
Remember that this is also an American bubble at times. In Germany, cash is still king. You can't go long without 10€ in your wallet.

Tangential: I'm surprised that no one complains about these things. Google Search has become unbearable and Amazon is obviously bad these days. There's no way people aren't getting annoyed by the tech they use every day, yet you're right, no complaints.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by ACS_Solver on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:28AM (#34501504)
Germany's certainly a contrast. As a counterpoint from another end of the scale, I'm in Sweden and it's so cashless that the US seemed cash-heavy to me on a visit a year ago. I saw people pay cash in a restaurant and I even saw a public transport machine that accepts bills, things that would be a very unusual sight in Sweden. Here, the bills were changed five years ago and I'm not even sure what they look like.
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by goodpoint on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:17AM (#34502653)
> this is also an American bubble at times

It's almost always a silicon valley bubble

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by Nursie on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:05AM (#34503658)
> In Germany, cash is still king

In Australia I haven't bothered to take any cash out in about a year, many businesses don't accept cash, and everything still seems to function just fine.

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