The cashless agenda: Good new and bad news


Posted On: Monday - March 11th 2024 7:01AM MST
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Most people want the bad news first. The cashless society concept being pushed by Globalists, Big Biz, etc. has been a recurring subject* here at Peak Stupidity. We simply realize that Revelation Chapter 13, verse 17 is not supposed to be part of some business best practices guidelines.

The bad news is that while traveling recently, in the big hub airport terminal I spent 20 minutes trying to pay cash for food. The place that would take cash looked open, but closed till an undetermined time, per an employee. This was more of the new lower competence level U.S. of A.

I hadn't eaten all day, and it was about 5P. I went to get a slice of pizza. "Cards only", the sign said. OK, never mind, but then I saw that the slice was 8 bucks! It was a good thing they didn't need my money - I don't need pizza that BAD! Next, there was a shop that had packaged sandwiches. I knew it would be pricey, but I remember these ones are good and more healthful than a slice of pizza. There was no sign. She wouldn't take cash. Telling the cashier lady that it was the law got me absolutely nowhere - I left the sandwich there on the counter.

I think I was just on the wrong concourse, as I know that airport terminal is not totally cashless. I won't patronize places that won't take cash now, hungry or not.

The good news is from Norway:



HUGE!?? Well, I wouldn't call this "huge". That's a Gateway Pundit thing.


The Norwegian government is proposing a new law that will FORCE shops to accept real cash as payment. In other words, they will not be allowed to be โ€œcashlessโ€.

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security want to change the law of the land to make sure that real cash can always be used as a form of payment.
Wait a minute! What is this guy saying? The government of the country is on the side of the people, not the Globalists? Unpossible!

You go, Norway! (... and Sweden. The article mentions the same policy in Sweden too.)


* If you haven't read the posts, see Chipotle - no credit, no debit, and hold the E. Coli - - Cash is King - (Part 2) - - Cash is King - (Part 3) - - Tubmania and a cashless economy - - Cashless Covfefe - - Keep Kash King! - - Keep Cash King II - the Tower of London. - - Keep Cash King II(a) - Follow-up on the muffin place and Cash is King, continued: Tipping in cash -, for starters. One might even say this is a fixation here.

Comments:
The Alarmist
Wednesday - March 13th 2024 2:22AM MST
PS

The F/O is actually the FRO ... Flap & Radio Operator.

I took a Beech Duchess quite fast off a runway onto the taxiway, but only because I had done a single-engine landing. On one engine, I would have ended up stuck on the runway if I bled off too much speed, and that would have resulted in NTSB paperwork.

Yes, you got the sequence of events right, though pics of wheels falling off might seemingly support the suppositions of the MSM.
Dieter Kief
Tuesday - March 12th 2024 11:56PM MST
PS
Thx. Mod. - - -
Moderator
Tuesday - March 12th 2024 6:18AM MST
PS: Dieter, people are noting that the (former) McDonell Douglas management were of the beancounting first sort, as opposed to Boeing's previous management style. Well, for a while they had the guy from the auto industry, as if management is simply management, of whatever. The headquarters being in Chicago doesn't help, IMO. They moved there from Seattle 15-20 years back when Seattle was charging them out the ass in taxes.

I wonder if it was the McDonnell side of MD, the military contractor, that may have been the worst of the management. .gov is a cash cow - then they had to actually compete, with the MD-80 series and such.

Then, maybe the bigger problem has been the outsourcing and the insourcing of cheap H1-B labor. Gateway pundit is all over the influence of D.I.E. on quality and competence.

I will say that they were wrong on the Houston KIAH incident. That was surely pilot error, and the Captain - who takes control of the plane and would have made that decision about the landing - was White per the audio. *

This one was a shame. They were trying to help the operation by taking a quicker taxi route, starting at the last taxiway. They were trying to help the tower by "keeping the speed up". That meant, since he'd approved their long roll-out, that they would not dawdle down to that last turn-off. However, I'd heard that there was standing water on the runway, so not ideal braking conditions.

So, GP and others claimed "the gear collapsed, and the plane went into the grass". No, the plane went into the grass, and the gear collapsed. That soggy ground would allow the wheels to sink in deep, and then, well the rest of the plane was still moving ...

BTW, I've been in a small Piper twin in which we rounded a corner (dry pavement) so fast that both tires squealed. Yeah, you could hear that over the engines still at idle. It sounded like a Rockford Files episode. It was a tough bird.


* Though the First Officer normally talks on the radio on the ground, and then, were the Captain flying, this F/O would have been on the radio coming in, I'm sure some of the transmissions at the end were from the Captain. There was no diversity heard from.
Moderator
Tuesday - March 12th 2024 6:04AM MST
PS: Adam, I've learned that most, but not all (e.g. Chick fil-a) of the many joints at some of these hubs are owned and operated by the same company - one of them is "Delaware Corp." I don't mean *a* Delaware corporation as for taxes, but that's the name of one of these. It's not the sole by any means, but one of the reasons the service sucks a lot. The employees get shuttled around, or can pick, the various joints to work at. They don't get competent, and they surely don't care very much. It's much different at the few separately-owned places.

Regarding that wait time, I've luckily not been in the situation, but some of the places were so slow, especially the couple of years after the Kung Flu, that passengers would get n a bind. The food had not come after 10 minutes. Down the hall their flight is nearly finished boarding. The choices are quickly get one's money back, if possible, take a chance that one's seat will be given away, or lose the battle - stay hungry and also lose that 5, no 10, no 15 bucks.

There is an example of one kind of higher quality food place, part of a chain, that had just opened at the airport hub. I was the only one in there, and I had plenty of time. However, I was in there for 15 minutes or so waiting on the food, and (because they weren't the normal type airport place), I felt obligated to warn them, "you guys know this is an airport, right? Lots of people are in a big hurry. I don't know if this is gonna work." If I were not the only one in there ...

Moderator
Tuesday - March 12th 2024 5:53AM MST
PS: Yes, airport prices are a cut above, maybe like the ball game, Mr. Blanc. That was still a little higher than I"m used to because of "I did that" Brandon. (Actually, inflation is one problem I don't put on Brandon alone, of course - this is a long term thing. One could say the CARES ACT $4 Trillion passed during Trump's time, and I take it signed by him - was the single biggest yearly jump in the debt.)

Even at the airport, a Wendy's meal used to be 5 1/2 bucks 15 years back. I remember that because I used to eat too much fast food then. I think you wouldn't get out of there for less than $11 now. Solution: Don't eat that stuff.
Moderator
Tuesday - March 12th 2024 5:48AM MST
PS: Good morning, gentlemen. Possiumman, per Adam Smith's comment, there was a reason I might get more hassle than most people had I walked off with the sandwich. (True, I'd have paid, but I also wonder whether a cashier would pocket that $$ and then tell the airport cop - same anywhere - that I didn't pay a cent. Of course, there are cameras, but that's a step later, were there a court case, and the damage would be done by then.)

I've done this before a few time, more out of frustration with long complicated computer "cash registers". OK, I gotta go - this is enough to cover it. That's where they took cash though.

Alarmist seems to know his stuff. I'd brought up the Book of Revelation before too - might have a great effect, might not ... In one of those older posts, I probably mentioned that one time someone else offered to pay for me. I told him "thanks", but that this wasn't about the money. I have a card. (wife had to cancel one temporarily yet again for some bogus recurring charge .
Dieter Kief
Monday - March 11th 2024 5:09PM MST
PS
Apropos long gone posts:
BOING-factory stuff - employees: Would not fly in a Boing. Management doesn't care for production mishaps in 86% or so of the cases.

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1767217791914914031?s=20

Ahh - good pizza, Adam: - - - 12 - 14 Euros in our expensive town.
The Alarmist
Monday - March 11th 2024 1:27PM MST
PS

Yeah, I had this conversation with a lawyer employed by the Fed. A FRN is legal tender for all debts private and public, but a merchant is under no obligation to accept it.

Kind of dumb to turn away sales, but handling cash has its own costs and risks that often makes it worthwhile to not accept it.
Adam Smith
Monday - March 11th 2024 11:58AM MST
PS: Good afternoon, everyone...

$8 dollar bucks for a slice of pizza! That sounds pretty high, but considering it is airport pricing, that's not quite as terrible as it sounds. A good pizza at a good pizzeria costs Mrs. Smith and I ~$35 with tip.

https://www.mellowmushroom.com/locations/ga/gainesville/700-green-st-ne/
https://www.mellowmushroom.com/menu/43898
https://www.mellowmushroom.com/menu/43898/product/329319

But we live in the woods and not anywhere near a good pizzeria. Mr. Blanc can probably get a good pizza at a good pizzeria for a bit less than that.(?) Though I'd imagine not much less. The dollar just doesn't buy what it used to.

(Cheers to Mr. Blanc! I hope this comment finds you and Mme B well.)

I am happy to hear you're standing your ground, Achmed. I have never used a credit/debit card at a fast food joint. (Which is what I consider these airport snack shacks.) Other than online shopping and aeroplane tickets, I use cash for everything. (I'd use cash for online shopping and aeroplane tickets if I could.)

I agree with Possumman. Just leave the cash and take the sandwich. Do you really think she would call the cops? Would they even respond if she did? (I guess that depends on what city this airport was in.) I imagine she'd pocket the cash and that would be that. Even if the cops bothered to find you, it's not like you stole anything. What could they do? You left the money on the counter. Besides, how many of those pre-packaged sandwiches do these shops throw away every night?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5103

Can a business refuse to accept cash under federal law? Apparently, there is no federal statute mandating that a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services.

I would argue that these airport snack shacks are not ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ. If they were truly ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž then they could conduct their business any way they like. A private business can refuse service to anyone they like. Do you really think these airport sandwich shops could refuse service to a ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค! or a โ€ขIndian or whoever? Of course not. These places are not ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž. They are open to the public. I would imagine all of them are corporations which are public creatures of the state. Many of these places are publicly traded companies.

I noticed much of this blurring of the public vs. private distinction during the plandemic PanicFest. Some people would argue that Kroger can mandate face diapers because they are private or Faceberg can refuse service to or censor anyone they like because they are private. Both of these example companies are publicly traded entities. They are anything but private. These scammers are engaging in doublethink. They're trying to have it both ways.

Though I guess that's my own fault, expecting consistency, common sense or intelligence out of people in 2024. (Unrealistic expectations on my part.)

Anyway... [/rant]

https://www.loomis.us/resources/insights/2023-update-payment-choice-act-reintroduced

I also understand why you didn't leave the cash and take the sandwich. Sometimes there is limited time to catch your flight, and sometimes it's just easier to not go looking for trouble. It just depends on the situation.

So, on that note, I hope you all have a great day!

โ˜ฎ๏ธ
MBlanc46
Monday - March 11th 2024 10:18AM MST
PS Airport prices are airport prices. I understand your aversion to having cashlessness forced upon us, but I fear that itโ€™s going to be a losing battle. They want to control our every action, especially when it concerns money. Unless, of course, the whole rotten edifice collapses.
possumman
Monday - March 11th 2024 7:59AM MST
PS Just leave the money on the counter and walk out -it is legal tender good "for all debts public and private" says that printed right on it--if they don't like it --f'em. I wouldn't pay $8 for a slice of pizza either--do they think you are at the ballgame?
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