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It's starting. I went to an NHL hockey game last night in Washington DC and tried to pay for a beer in cash. I couldn't. They only accept credit card payments or an arena specific app.
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Did stores inexplicably stop accepting change during the pandemic where you live?
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Yes, to avoid "contact spread" or some nonsense.
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That's what they said at first, but then the reason became a mysterious coin shortage, that neither I nor any of my economist colleagues had heard anything about.
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They are going to have a hard time in Germany
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