Our Card-oriented Society
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Sweden is said to be the first country failing cash in the world. The percentage that people pay by cash in their daily lives appears to be 3 percent. The number is clearly smaller than that of us, 9 percent.
People think that paying credit card is much more convenient and safer. Practically, the number of cash robbers has decreased from 12 per to 3 per.
In contrast to Sweden, Japan is still a cash-oriented country. Despite an increase of card users, small local shops have remained to run their businesses without card reading machines. However, sooner or later, such shops will be involved in the card tide as the society becomes technological. Some people must want to feel the appreciation to cash though. That is because cash makes them think that the money belong to them.
People think that paying credit card is much more convenient and safer. Practically, the number of cash robbers has decreased from 12 per to 3 per.
In contrast to Sweden, Japan is still a cash-oriented country. Despite an increase of card users, small local shops have remained to run their businesses without card reading machines. However, sooner or later, such shops will be involved in the card tide as the society becomes technological. Some people must want to feel the appreciation to cash though. That is because cash makes them think that the money belong to them.
Sweden is said to be the leading country in reducing the use of cash in the world.
I changed first to leading because 'first' can mean 'first in time' so it might seem that Sweden was the first to use bank and credit cards, which they were not.
The percentage of people that pay by cash in their daily lives appears to be 3 percent.
People think that paying by credit card is much more convenient and safer.
In fact, the number of cash robberies has decreased from 12 to 3 percent.
Despite an increase of card users, small local shops have continued to run their businesses without card reading machines.
However, sooner or later, such shops will be involved in the card tide as the society becomes more technological.
Some people must want to feel the appreciation of cash though.
That is because cash makes them think that the money belongs to them.
I knew a radio show host who refused to use a card and used cash instead because she didn't like her purchases being tracked. All that information goes somewhere, possibly being used for psychographic or even demographic purposes.
I do remember when I was over in Japan having my card refused at some places. I think there may have been one or two that still wanted cash. There's nothing wrong with that.
I know one restaurant around here that will actually only accept cash. She does it because she owns a small business and likely either doesn't want to pay the fee. If not this then she doesn't want to carry a floating balance while waiting for the money from the credit card companies.