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In reply to the discussion: The exchange of CASH MONEY is one way of spreading the virus. [View all]pecosbob
(7,538 posts)47. I work retail
I wear latex gloves AND use hand sanitizer when I work the register. Half the currency I take is wet or damp...damp with what? Urine, sweat and God knows what else, change that is literally stuck together. Before I started using gloves when I went home my fingertips would be stained yellow from the cash.
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Cashless isn't perfect either, if you have to use a stylus or keypad. Tap-to-pay cards/card readers
RockRaven
Feb 2020
#14
Chinese are destroying a lot of the currency that has been circulating and replacing it....
Pachamama
Feb 2020
#28
I need to locate the info where I saw this...think it was out of an investor news brief from Europe
Pachamama
Feb 2020
#41
The govt will surely use this point to try to lessen cash use. So they can track us MORE
oldsoftie
Feb 2020
#53