A pub landlady says her pub only takes cash not cards - and never will. Carol, manager of The Crown in Gravesend, Kent, vows the pub will never have a card machine as long as she is there.
Carol, 69, said: "We prefer cash at the pub because you can't get scammed. We check the notes, we know exactly what we're getting and customers know exactly what they're spending.
"When you pay by card lots of things can go wrong with the machine. They may not load or connect to the internet and sometimes they decline.
"If you have the cash to pay for your drink there is no risk of a payment failing. We will never take card in The Crown, not as long as I'm here, I have no worries about that moving forward."
Carol has worked for six years at the watering hole opposite a Tesco Express and a Co-op store, both of which have cashpoints. Carol's anti-card stance will no doubt reignite the debate around the merits of a digital-first society and the significance of using cash.
It appears people's payments habits have changed since Covid-19. The pandemic brought forward digital transformation that saw businesses adopt digital technology to improve efficiency.
As reported in Guardian, over 23 million people in the UK used virtually no cash last year. It is also predicted that in the coming years, notes and coins will account for just 6% of payments.
