grteShoppers upset over lack of cashiers as self-checkout use soars | CBC News
My insistence on paying cash for in-person purchases means that I can’t—and won’t—shop at a store that only offers self-checkouts. I haven’t come across any yet in this neck of the woods that don’t have at least one cashier, but if I did, chances are good that I’d put the goods down and walk out without buying.
I do understand, however, that most people aren’t willing to make that level of sacrifice just to keep the credit card companies from tracking part of their purchase history.
I genuinely don’t think I’ve paid in cash in Canada for about 10 years now.
CoderKatOnly at places like farmers markets for me, and even then, I’d say at least half of vendors accept credit cards. And frankly I hate using cash. I don’t want to carry physical money around when tapping my phone is so easy.