Things you just don't get...

The odd person you spot wearing a jacket during the weather we have had the last few weeks. Seriously, the thing must be absolutely destroyed with sweat, I seriously do not get it.

Despite the attempts to persuade me by pretty much anybody I know, I don't get the point in Revolout. If you owe me money give me cash, why should I get an app to make life easier for you?

Potential-Monke wrote: »

To be honest, up until recently I would have agreed. However, post-covid I'd much prefer a bank transfer than cash handed back. But I won't demand someone get Revolut or something, a normal one will do me, I can wait.

I also can't fathom people who use card instead of cash. Takes twice, thrice as long to make payment, can take days to show on your bank balance, and is a pain in the hole to get a refund for a card payment. Worst is people who insist on using them when you're out then hit you up for a lend because the pub's machine is broke, or you have to cover their taxi because the driver quite correctly refuses to have a card machine.

Frankly I actually don't respect people who no longer use cash. Tap and go is a comically bad "innovation",

Greyfox wrote: »

Contactless is much faster without having to carry your change. I use to prefer cash but once you get use to card its hard to go back

It really isn't.

Like, it really, really isn't.

Getting a few bits in Tesco I normally have the exact amount in my hand while in the queue. Gone before the receipt can be printed.

Tap and go easily takes five times longer, it's an appalling archaic system for people who have little to be getting done.

Not to mention how many retailers refuse to position the machine in a place that lets you see exactly how much you are tapping for.

Tap and go is typically 21st century- businesses convince people that something they should be doing for the customer (handling cash, selling in a bricks and mortar store instead of moving online, self service machines in McDonalds instead of till staff), they somehow convince eejits that the new way is faster, cheaper, more convenient, when in truth it is slower, more expensive, more prone to error, but is cheaper for the vendor.

I challenge anybody to name me one "innovation" big business has made in the last 20 years that has made the customer experience cheaper, faster or more streamlined.

There aren't any*. But there are dozens that have been sold as such that only make life easier for the vendor.


*: at a push, Ryanair taking travel agents out of the equation. Even at that, if it were an option I'd far rather go into a Ryanair shop in town with a few notes than do the booking myself.