I was in the states a couple years ago and they were using cards like in the nineties. When paying at a restaurant they take it, then come back with the bill, you write the tip and sign it, and then is charged… my European (visa!) cards didn’t like that shit one bit and would get rejected half the times.
Over here, for the Americans, the server brings you the bill, if they don’t already bring the terminal you tell them you’re going to pay with a card. They enter the price, you put your phone or card close to it, they ask ‘d’ya want the ticket?’ ‘No, thanks’ ‘ok thank you! Have a nice day!’.
I’m curious where in the states you were? I live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and it’s tap to pay all over. To the point where I’m surprised to find a place now where I can’t tap to pay.
Some exceptions exist, like restaurants that are using old POS systems but we see a lot more of the table side devices being used, some with tap to pay.
In my experience, if they take your card away to run it at a restaurant than POS only has one meaning because it’s probably some old Aloha piece of shit system their using.
I used to do the ‘keep the change’ thing but I don’t pay much in cash anymore. I do tip (in cash of course, always in cash) deliveries in bad weather tho.
Yeah I don’t understand any of this. I just tap and that’s it. Is this article from 1987? I remember my parents let me put a GI Joe truck on layaway at Jemco to teach me something about finances. Is layaway still a thing?
In the US not so much. If the tap thing exists and is working… We’re already used to chip (not chip and pin).
I assume by now most are chip… Chip cards usually can’t swipe unless extra steps.
Spent a minute in the UK and tapping was so convenient.
You guys don’t just use tap?
I was in the states a couple years ago and they were using cards like in the nineties. When paying at a restaurant they take it, then come back with the bill, you write the tip and sign it, and then is charged… my European (visa!) cards didn’t like that shit one bit and would get rejected half the times.
Over here, for the Americans, the server brings you the bill, if they don’t already bring the terminal you tell them you’re going to pay with a card. They enter the price, you put your phone or card close to it, they ask ‘d’ya want the ticket?’ ‘No, thanks’ ‘ok thank you! Have a nice day!’.
I’m curious where in the states you were? I live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and it’s tap to pay all over. To the point where I’m surprised to find a place now where I can’t tap to pay.
Some exceptions exist, like restaurants that are using old POS systems but we see a lot more of the table side devices being used, some with tap to pay.
I’m always amused by the accurate double meaning of POS.
In my experience, if they take your card away to run it at a restaurant than POS only has one meaning because it’s probably some old Aloha piece of shit system their using.
If you want to tip, you leave a one euro coin at the table.
Generally people don’t.
I used to do the ‘keep the change’ thing but I don’t pay much in cash anymore. I do tip (in cash of course, always in cash) deliveries in bad weather tho.
Whenever a business allows for it, yes. Walmart is a big one that does not
Yeah I don’t understand any of this. I just tap and that’s it. Is this article from 1987? I remember my parents let me put a GI Joe truck on layaway at Jemco to teach me something about finances. Is layaway still a thing?
In the US not so much. If the tap thing exists and is working… We’re already used to chip (not chip and pin). I assume by now most are chip… Chip cards usually can’t swipe unless extra steps.
Spent a minute in the UK and tapping was so convenient.
I agree, Fish and Cushion are where it’s at. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S0ndZt4R_w
Training issue. Too often you still need to sign. Even when the receipt clearly says “no signature required”, you still get asked to sign
Some places do but swipe and sign is still pipular here. Chip and tap are catching on but most places have all 3
I HATED when tapping some cards brought up the signature…
I’ve had to sign on tap before, though it is less frequent. Tap to pay is fairly new here in the US and there’re still odd holdovers like that