Use Cash

I use cash because I don't want to pay the banks any more fees than I have to.

It's not that hard to get cash out, I know how much I use and I pass by an ATM at least once in my week.

And now when I go to a shop and order something and they come back to me and say, "Oh sorry, we don't take cash."

I reply, as my tiny protest, "Oh sorry, I don't want it then." And I walk out. 

I've done it with an ice cream, I've done it with a coffee, I've done it with a sandwich, I done it with a pastry. The employees have complained on occasion, more a roll of the eyes than anything vocal, but I have already turned on my heal and left by that stage. If they aren't going to offer a full services as a seller, I'm not going to offer a full service as the buyer.

In future, I will know which shops don't take cash, and I will avoid them, but for now, this is what I do.

Or maybe I will go in and repeat the procedure as a protest against card only. No, I won't do that, but the thought amuses me.

And funnily enough, on a few occasions, I have got a discount because the shops that do take cash haven't had enough change to give me.