I am a big fan of color coding.
That is why I don't buy screwdrivers from Wiha; they all look the same. Not only they have only a few different sizes in grips... the color is all the same.
The grips of my PB Swiss Tool Swissgrip have another size grip for almost every size bit AND they have color coding; the tip of the grip is black (slot bit), yellow (phillips), green (pozidrive), dark green (pozidrive/slot combo), light blue (Torx), dark blue (Torx Plus), purple (allen), grey (hex socket). So if they are all thrown in a giant pile... you can pick out the right one by just looking at the size and color of the grip.
Sadly... Wera follows a slightly different color coding than PB Swiss.
Yeah I boycott those. All of them. I see a restaurant with such a sign and I don't even care how good the food is... I can 100% make it to a place that does take cash.
I like the matching handles of the Wera. My OCD even makes me turn the logos all to the front, when I put them in the rack.
I almost never carry cash anymore, typically less than $20, for a car wash or cash tip. I don't go as far as boycotting, but I do take a mental note, of these kinds of restrictions.
For many years, the Chinese take out place down the street, was cash only. They only gave in to the pressure as a result of Covid. For them, and many cash only food trucks, I assume they are do it as a tax dodge. Food that is sold in "varying portions" is rather easy to hide the total sales. Back in the day, restaurants that sold fountain soda did their accounting by the number of cups used. This was because the proportion of syrup mix to water had some variance too. No one could be 100% sure, so counting cups was the best guess.
The best was last September in a German gas station. The toilet was behind a swing gate.. €1 to get in. So you toss in a €1 coin and you're in. Zero delay, zero data connection. The lady in front of us insisted on Apple pay or some equivalent. And... "computer said no"
Back when I was a kid, some places had pay toilets too. It was usually only a dime though. I don't really remember why it stopped though? Maybe a legal issue? Maybe they just got tired of cleaning up after people who didn't have any change? I know some just left their present on the floor.
My best guess about not taking cash is two-fold. It keeps the employees from being able to steal it and they don't have to deal with making change. So many can't seem to be able to do that anymore, so even if they aren't stealing, they might still be giving it away.
Then there is the speed factor. If everyone has their act together, a quick tap on the machine, can clear out a line very quickly.
Cash requires trust, not to say cards can't be compromised too, but it takes more sophistication.
Checks are just the slowest form of debit card transaction. You almost never see them used in public anymore, though it used to be very common in grocery stores. When I was a kid, you couldn't use credit cards in grocery stores, so checks were the most convenient. (this was long before debit cards existed)
Here in Oz they're doing all they can to get rid of cash, but there's been a significant push back thankfully as most people realise it's a further aspect of the digital ID being forced on us all, so that all money and transactions can be accounted for, and hence taxed.
As our gov runs up the debt they continually try to find new ways to raise revenue.
That right there concerns me the most.
The thing is, people absolutely work around that. We will go full-circle, back to bartering and figuring out what the substitute for cash really looks like.
I think there will be some form of revolt here, before it gets that far.
Th original revolution was fought over a far less rigorous tax system.....
