@ericmwalk @KevinHoltsberry Same.
@ericmwalk @KevinHoltsberry Same.
@philipbrewer.net I can’t say she’s wrong, except to the extent that she imagines I can change the weather.
@Miraz Sigh. Yeah. Me too. Me too.
@ReaderJohn Debit cards are much cheaper for the merchant, so they can choose to pass that along. Or not. (Some of the low-margin places where I shop offer a small discount for using a debit card, or waive the usual fee they charge for credit cards. Most other businesses seem to find it better to just charge everyone the same price and eat the fees. Especially the high-margin businesses: They don’t want customers to be thinking that hard about prices.)
@JohnBrady Canada did a rather drastic version of this, during the protests by truck drivers during the pandemic.
@mroutley Oh, I hope you do! And I hope you share your thoughts when me, when you have some!
@minillajovovich.bsky.social Me too, @minillajovovich.bsky.social! Me too!
@JohnBrady The cash economy is a nice backup to the credit and debit payments system economy, but I’ve always had a sneaking admiration for the non-money economies: www.wisebread.com/opting-ou…