Vent: My local coffee shop stopped taking cash and I was mad, but then I saw their reason
So my favorite spot, Brew & Bean, put up a sign last week saying they were cashless now. I got really annoyed, thinking it was just some tech trend they were jumping on. I even complained to the barista about it. But then the owner, Sarah, came over and explained. She said in the past six months, they'd been robbed twice and had to deal with counterfeit bills three times. Going cashless cut their insurance costs by almost 30% and let them feel safer. I still worry about privacy and what happens if the systems go down, but seeing how it directly helped a small business stay open made me rethink my hard line against it. Has anyone else had a local place switch over for safety reasons, not just convenience?