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Originally posted by galleryseek
uhm, i'm willing to bet, 9 times out of 10... if you were to compare the speed of cash and visa, cash would be faster...
picture this, you're in the drive-thru, you hand them a CC, they have to hand you some kinda fuckin clipboard of some type to sign something (through the drive-thru window) and then they gotta do whatever they gotta do..
then, picture handing them cash, 9 times out of 10 they'll do it quickly, a retarded monkey can figure out the amount of change to give you when the register tells them. of course you have your rare exceptions though.
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Think about this though, what's quicker... hitting the "charge" button, swiping the card, and getting the signature? Or getting the cash, counting the change, and handing it back to the person? I mean, all things considered, I think charging the card is the fastest possible transaction simply because there's virtually no room for error... Cash on the other hand requires some thought behind counting the change.
Either way, running to the ATM machine every time I want to eat is a fucking HUGE inconvienience. The world is already equipped to be a fully electronic society, I don't know why we're not capitalizing on this in every respect. People don't seem to understand the loss of potential.