Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

George’s Fish Bar - charging 50p to pay by card

We keep being asked to pay 50p to pay by card in here if the food comes to less than £10.

I was wondering if they are actually allowed to do this? Anyone know?

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Alan Swann on July 24, 2020 at 9:31

That is conjecture. Not proof of a realisable route of infection

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Desmond Cass on July 24, 2020 at 9:37

Hard plastic surfaces for up to 3 days ,,proven fact ,ask Boris

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Alan Swann on July 25, 2020 at 9:34

Detection of viable virus does not directly translate to infection risk. You have to also consider ease of transfer and viral load.

Not aware that Johnson licks his credit cards. He probably gets others to pay anyway.

Over and out

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by JJ B on July 24, 2020 at 11:11

Quite right.

And once society goes cashless we will get negative interest rates coz u won't be able to stash cash below your matress. Not that that is a safe way to save it.

Evry single transaction that you make can be traced back to YOU - no privacy whatsoever. Not that may have something to hide.

AND

"Apple is reportedly collecting a credit card transactional fee from financial institutions, in addition to (a) existing “interchange fees” (although in various countries the Apple fee may be taken off the normal interchange fee), and (b) the new fees charged by credit card networks to tokenise card data for secure mobile payments.3 The banks don’t pay Apple directly – these fees are collected by card schemes, who then pass on Apple’s share."

So you are giving this super huge quasi-monopoly, that already price gouges application developers for listing apps on its platform, even more power over all of us.

Convenience gains yes....but in the longer term it will end in Big Brother in a Brave New World slavery. Remember Winston?

Yes, I am a Luddite and I own Apple products - can't stand Windows.

So what's wrong with cash?

Look at what WEBMd says about COVID survival on surfaces

copper - 4 hours.

Plastic - 2 to 3 days (credit card and their nachines/ plastic bills????)

Paper - up to 5 days.

NB - I am not encouraging people to disregard offical guidelines.