What is societies obsession with carrying cash?

Whatever chance you have with gold, pungent purfumes and oils, can’t see Lidl accepting them.

You’re right, I’ll try it another way.

The same situation but you visit a restaurant, have a 3 course meal, drinks etc. turns out the card machine is down, do you think you can just leave without paying then? Of course you can’t.

There’s no situation (other than if the taxi driver says otherwise) where a card machine being down results in the contract to pay being void. Entering a taxi and using the service means you owe money, that doesn’t go away because a card machine isn’t operating.

The part I really take exception to is how some think that “my fare, my choice” applies here, it certainly does not. I’d love to see anyone argue with a judge or garda (or indeed even just the driver) that the machine being faulty at this time absolved you of any duty to pay for the services you used.

It’s honestly a fcuking disgrace this is even a train of thought for some people. Is it any wonder taxi drivers are leaving in droves. you used their service to drive your lazy arse home and you have the cheek to sit there and smugly claim it’s your right to get a free ride if the card machine is not operating, because how dare the driver inconvenience you.

And if he chooses to ignore the obligation you are referring to? Which part of the legislation I posted for you earlier states they have to stop working if the machine suddenly breaks.? The driver could choose to accept the fine if it came to it.

Yes it is your choice to pay cash or card, but that choice becomes invalid when the card option is physically or technically unavailable.

it’s the equivalent of expecting a refund on your ESB over outages. It’s part of the deal sometimes things don’t work but that doesn’t mean you can refuse to pay a taxi fare anymore than you can a days worth of ESB if there’s a fault. The world doesn’t work in black and white as you’re expecting. The fact is you cannot say your contract to pay for the service received is void because the card machines broken.

in actual fact, in my opinion, in these cases you should be able to take the drivers bank details of equivalent and at your home wifi or whatever connection you use make an online transfer and WhatsApp them a screenshot.

my point being overall you cannot refuse to pay, or just get out of paying, because of a technical fault of a machine. Not when other means of payment are available, in abundance, stubborn is not an excuse for not paying.

it’s amazing too cos if any of you saying how it’s acceptable and your right apparently not to pay a taxi fare cos a card machine won’t work, it’s grand for you cos that money stays in your pocket, but the fact is your taking it from someone else. That’s €20, 40, whatever money that driver lost on your fare because you’re a bloody ****. You wouldn’t feel so happy if you were robbed on the street and left stuck for fuel money etc or if your wages weren’t paid properly etc. can’t understand how you think it’s fair or justified to literally steal someone’s time and money because you insist on a payment option that’s temporarily unavailable by no fault of the driver.