Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

When people found out they needed to supply telephone numbers, ID. and email address.

Why would anyone need that info for cash sales? Also, it's not even legal to ask for that information for a sale by cash or credit.

[robert.]

Corona tracking. If the restaurant has a problem wit an infected employee or guest. They can notify people that were there.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Corona tracking. If the restaurant has a problem wit an infected employee or guest. They can notify people that were there.

Ok, that's something different; your posts are really confusing at times. Again, they don't agree, show them the door......

[chuck]

I don't think they can refuse cash, it's legal tender. A lot of restaurants are only doing pickup/take out orders on credit card because of the issue with making change.

We've done credit card or exact change only to minimize the contact. Local pizza shop has you call in on arrival and they ask for make and model of car. I pull up and open the back window and they place the order on the back seat. I hand the person doing the "delivery" 3-4 bucks as a tip (usual order for pie/bread/wings is around $30).

[MurphOnMillerAve]

You caused me to think back , and I don't recall the last time I paid for something with cash.

The grocery store: credit card .
Gas: credit card.
The restaurant that prepares and packages meals off their menu for me to pick-up is paid for by credit card I have him keep on file. I place each multi-meal order by phone, he tells me approx when it will be ready , and I drive there and receive the order from them on their front porch, placed on a bench, packaged-up. We don't get near each other.
Church donations (Sunday "collections") : I write checks for the month ahead, figuring having a whole month's worth ahead will help the Pastor plan . The checks go into an envelope which is placed thru the mail-slot in the Rectory's front door, at the first of each month. No direct human contact.
My wallet: you made me look : no cash these days, just a bunch of ones and a 20 and 10 or two shoved in the visor of my car for possible tolls, once I'm ever on such roads again .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You caused me to think back , and I don't recall the last time I paid for something with cash.

Generally I pay cash at the PO, but that's also to facilitate my using up any loose change.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

You caused me to think back , and I don't recall the last time I paid for something with cash.

Generally I pay cash at the PO, but that's also to facilitate my using up any loose change.

Good reminder . I too went to the post office counter a couple weeks ago, and since I knew what the Priority Mail large cardboard envelope mailing was likely going to be , I did take several $1's with me and paid using them. I was sure not to lean on the counter whatsoever. After the clerk had given me coins as change, upon stepping outside , I deliberately discarded the change to the pavement and used the Purell sanitizer in my pocket to scrub my hands before I touched my car's doorknob and steering wheel.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You caused me to think back , and I don't recall the last time I paid for something with cash.

Generally I pay cash at the PO, but that's also to facilitate my using up any loose change.

Good reminder . I too went to the post office counter a couple weeks ago, and since I knew what the Priority Mail large cardboard envelope mailing was likely going to be , I did take several $1's with me and paid using them. I was sure not to lean on the counter whatsoever. After the clerk had given me coins as change, upon stepping outside , I deliberately discarded the change to the pavement and used the Purell sanitizer in my pocket to scrub my hands before I touched my car's doorknob and steering wheel.

All secured at the local PO - Plexiglas up and close off -- I go maybe once a week to send off sales and check my business PO box.

I rarely get change; I give exact change to avoid getting any.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Do you open the door to enter using a naked hand?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Do you open the door to enter using a naked hand?

PO doors are automatic; comply with ADA...

[robert.]

somehow i deleted about 6 sentences during my last post. Restaurants are finding it difficult to get quality meat from the purveyors. Their supply chain is a little disrupted. Many of the restaurants used a large outdoor chalkboard for a menu. Nobody wants to pass around a printed menu. Choices of meals were very limited. I kind of chicken,fish or beef dish. Not the normal 25 different items. They want you to pick an item,eat and leave. Turnover is very important with limited seating. All seats are outdoors. On the street. This caused problems for other stores. Tables in the roadway block parking. People shopping at a dress shop will pull up within two feet of somebody eating. Do you want to be seated with your back turned to somebody parking? Let alone eat while Aunt Betty sits in her car with it running. Her exhaust breathing down your backside while you try to enjoy dinner.
Back several pages maybe 100 or so. I said "pa wont open until contact tracing and surveillance are in place" That requires leaving contact info with your maitre d'. I don't know if that is everyone or one person per party needs to comply.
Pet value in D'town will not except cash. Rite aide in Buckingham has a sign "please pay by Credit card or some digital form"

[robert.]

[HONDO74]

Have any of you had a credit card compromised ?? It has happened to me twice in the last 10 years

[Neil]

Probably more like every year for the last few years, sometimes twice a year. Pain in the neck, but I check my accounts daily for charges by thieves. I suspect it's mostly inside jobs from retailers and bank employees, it's happening so often. I don't hand my credit card to almost anyone. It's all on-line purchases and Apple pay.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Florida set a new record for new cases in a single day..........and Oklahoma looks like it's ready to become another serious hot spot.