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Find it mildly funny that he's talking about a 100 dollar bill, when I can see this guy is obviously in the UK.
He's shopping in Marks & Spencers (clothes and food) and probably a Boots (Pharmacy, Health and Beauty).
To be fair, although the UK does have a £100 note, it's rare to ever get one. Plus, people in shops get suspicious when you hand them even a £50 note.
I've started seeing more shops actually offer discounts for using cash. But just as many now take card only. I guess it depends how much time and money is needed with the additional admin that comes with it.
Took me an hour in the evening to do the cash admin and banking when I worked in retail, for a 3-6k a day business years ago. I think my hour was cheaper than 1.5% of takings, but then card was usually faster at checkout, so maybe it does all balance out.
That's interesting, here in Germany a 50€ note is very common, a 100€ note is not that common but people do use it from time to time, we also have a 200€ note that is definetly rare and then there even was a 500€ note which is basically extinct by now.
But we probably also use more cash here, I've never heard of a place here that doesn't accept cash, only of places that don't accept cards.
Generally it's the sole traders and some cafes that have gone cashless in the UK.
I hardly ever pay cash, but places that refuse to take it loose my business.