Friday, July 20, 2012

Cash

Proof that Germany is still very much a cash-carrying society...

(Unlike the US, where apparently credit cards are now so widely used that some people don't even carry cash anymore? That kind of blows my mind.)

I was at Media Markt today; I was only buying a 20 euro computer keyboard, but the guy ahead of me in line was making some sort of massive appliance purchase, because I heard the clerk tell him, "That's 1,499 euros."

...Which the customer proceeded to pay by counting out 50 euro bills.
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  1. RebeccaJuly 21, 2012 at 5:08 PM

    Gave the parking attendant my last $2 yesterday! Have no specific plans to go to the ATM and get more.

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    1. EllaJuly 24, 2012 at 11:51 PM

      And, as you might remember, you're actually the reason I even know this about America :-)

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