I found a ' bank '. It was a large space ,probably originally the entrance lobby. There were walls of machines and a long queue practically out the door of customers who craved audience with a human. There was one behind a screen at the front of the queue. I spotted a woman with an ID badge hanging round her neck. I asked her which machine to use to pay in my cheque. She led me to a machine with the equivalent of out of order on it. She was really helpful and led me through the procedure but I could have easily filled in a slip and handed it over the counter in less time. How lucky was I that I didn't have a problem that needed sorting. I would have had to join the queue of the despondent
But that's the point. The banks have shut. Not just banks that 'people' use, the banks that all those small businesses use. If you demand your right to pay by cash, you are creating a problem for the shopkeeper, who has bills to pay by direct debit or BACS and can't use cash at the wholesaler. So you drive 10 miles to the cash point to get the cash to give to the shopkeeper who has to then drive 20 miles to the nearest branch, to join the queue to pay the cash in.
Just pay by card and make everyone's life simpler.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Failing that, have it framed, and in a few years it'll have doubled in value.
I spotted a woman with an ID badge hanging round her neck. I asked her which machine to use to pay in my cheque. She led me to a machine with the equivalent of out of order on it. She was really helpful and led me through the procedure but I could have easily filled in a slip and handed it over the counter in less time.
How lucky was I that I didn't have a problem that needed sorting. I would have had to join the queue of the despondent
Just pay by card and make everyone's life simpler.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”