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Old 01-05-2024, 07:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
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You also have to worry about employee theft. IHL put out a paper recently that found accepting cash costs between 4.7% and 15.3% of sales.
Fair enough. The local bottle return location dispenses coins and bills robotically.

OTOH, I just renewed my bus pass, and where before I just showed it to the driver, now I have to generate a time-stamped electronic record in their contactless carding system. At least they don't record where I exit their system. ....they just watch.

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