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Always use cash from now on, not credit cards


               
2021 Sep 4, 4:36pm   79,807 views  469 comments

by Patrick   follow (59)  

Drove to a restaurant today with my wife and was first of all creeped out to find that they knew my name from my phone number, which I had to give to get on the wait list. They said they use a centralized database of many restaurants for that.

They have a window where you can order a beer while you are waiting. So I ordered a beer and they refused to take cash.

OK, I wanted the beer, so I paid with a credit card. Then the total had an extra $1.50 on it. I asked about that and was told that I added a tip. I specifically did not add a tip because I was pissed that they don't take cash.

I got the manager and made him remove the tip.

We are rapidly approaching the CCP utopia of complete tracking of all citizens at all times.

Lesson: call ahead and make sure a restaurant will take cash. If they will not, don't go there.

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465   Patrick   2025 Dec 14, 10:03am  

Booger says





Lol, it was almost certainly the store owners themselves who installed the skimmer.
466   Booger   2025 Dec 25, 7:50am  

Patrick says

Lol, it was almost certainly the store owners themselves who installed the skimmer.

You know that's true when they try to stop you from removing it.
467   Booger   2025 Dec 25, 7:52am  

Police using a device that checks for skimmers:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Y2IyhYlnf0Q?si=oLy6cRT2gemShpkQ
468   Patrick   2026 Jan 7, 11:08am  

https://robindeboer.substack.com/p/eu-zet-zwitserse-kolonel-op-sanctielijst


EU zet Zwitserse kolonel op sanctielijst wegens 'complottheorieën' over Rusland, nu kan hij geen eten kopen

Toen een vriendin vanuit Zwitserland probeerde voedsel voor hem te bestellen bij een Belgische leverancier, werd de betaling geblokkeerd.


In English:


EU puts Swiss colonel on sanctions list over ‘conspiracy theories’ about Russia; now he cannot buy food.

When a friend tried from Switzerland to order food for him from a Belgian supplier, the payment was blocked.
469   HeadSet   2026 Jan 7, 1:37pm  

Patrick says

EU puts Swiss colonel on sanctions list over ‘conspiracy theories’ about Russia; now he cannot buy food.

And the Fondu Krauts are not even part of the EU.

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