Santa Rosa County won’t accept cash at central landfill

[FrommerStop]

Ross7 said:


Perhaps eventually cash won't be needed at all, and transactions will be completed by scanning the chip embedded in the buyer's government mandated 666 tattoo.

not gonna happen...

This is the 21st century lol, they will scan for the chip that is in your brain.

 

[Snake-Eyes]

The reason they gave was a shortage of coins to make change. Sounds to me like the employees are not trusted with cash.


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There actually IS a shortage... (or at least a perceived one) due to COVID screwing with normal commerce and person-to-person interactions and delivery.

The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper

In another sign of how the coronavirus crisis is disrupting commerce, banks are running short of nickels, dimes and quarters. The Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, is having to ration change.

www.npr.org

I'm still out of town, and one of the local grocery chains had signs saying something to the effect of "due to the national coin shortage, these checkout lanes are credit or check only".

 

[FrommerStop]

There actually IS a shortage... (or at least a perceived one) due to COVID screwing with normal commerce and person-to-person interactions and delivery.

The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper

In another sign of how the coronavirus crisis is disrupting commerce, banks are running short of nickels, dimes and quarters. The Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, is having to ration change.

www.npr.org

I'm still out of town, and one of the local grocery chains had signs saying something to the effect of "due to the national coin shortage, these checkout lanes are credit or check only".

The other day while shopping I saw sign about not making change. Fact is I am not using a lot cash myself. I have a can full of change and maybe it is folks like me that are causing the problem of no change.

 

[USAF Sarge]

The reason they gave was a shortage of coins to make change. Sounds to me like the employees are not trusted with cash.


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Well there is a nation wide coin shortage.

Local businesses deal with nation-wide coin shortage

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — A penny for your thoughts might be a little more valuable these days, as the country is undergoing a nationwide coin shortage. According to Federal Reserve Chairman…

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