I was in the states a couple years ago and they were using cards like in the nineties. When paying at a restaurant they take it, then come back with the bill, you write the tip and sign it, and then is charged… my European (visa!) cards didn’t like that shit one bit and would get rejected half the times.
Over here, for the Americans, the server brings you the bill, if they don’t already bring the terminal you tell them you’re going to pay with a card. They enter the price, you put your phone or card close to it, they ask ‘d’ya want the ticket?’ ‘No, thanks’ ‘ok thank you! Have a nice day!’.
I’m curious where in the states you were? I live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and it’s tap to pay all over. To the point where I’m surprised to find a place now where I can’t tap to pay.
Some exceptions exist, like restaurants that are using old POS systems but we see a lot more of the table side devices being used, some with tap to pay.
In my experience, if they take your card away to run it at a restaurant than POS only has one meaning because it’s probably some old Aloha piece of shit system their using.
I used to do the ‘keep the change’ thing but I don’t pay much in cash anymore. I do tip (in cash of course, always in cash) deliveries in bad weather tho.
I was in the states a couple years ago and they were using cards like in the nineties. When paying at a restaurant they take it, then come back with the bill, you write the tip and sign it, and then is charged… my European (visa!) cards didn’t like that shit one bit and would get rejected half the times.
Over here, for the Americans, the server brings you the bill, if they don’t already bring the terminal you tell them you’re going to pay with a card. They enter the price, you put your phone or card close to it, they ask ‘d’ya want the ticket?’ ‘No, thanks’ ‘ok thank you! Have a nice day!’.
I’m curious where in the states you were? I live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and it’s tap to pay all over. To the point where I’m surprised to find a place now where I can’t tap to pay.
Some exceptions exist, like restaurants that are using old POS systems but we see a lot more of the table side devices being used, some with tap to pay.
I’m always amused by the accurate double meaning of POS.
In my experience, if they take your card away to run it at a restaurant than POS only has one meaning because it’s probably some old Aloha piece of shit system their using.
If you want to tip, you leave a one euro coin at the table.
Generally people don’t.
I used to do the ‘keep the change’ thing but I don’t pay much in cash anymore. I do tip (in cash of course, always in cash) deliveries in bad weather tho.