On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:30:20 -0400, Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:

>Yeah the speed/convenience does depend on circumstance.  For instance it 
>cuts two ways with me.  At the gas pump the card is faster and more 
>convenient than having to walk some cash over to the bullet-proof booth, 
>maybe wait in a line, overpay, then walk back, pump the gas, then back 
>over to the cashier to get any change.  But in the taxi, waiting for a 
>customer to pay with a card slows things way down.  Utterly frustrating 
>to loose a fare to another cab because you can't get your current people 
>out of the car fast enough.  And then of course there is the wait to get 
>your receipts from the dispatcher at the end of the shift.

Here we still fill up with fuel then pay. Some places do have card facilities at
the pumps though. "Pre-pay", it is a terrible world :(
My pet peeve is people who pay for "small change" shopping with a card. But then
I'm getting old and cantankerous ;)

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Regards
     Stephen

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