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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 10 2019, @04:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the Big-brother-is-watching dept.

Dominos Australia has taken a controversial step in having five of its stores go cashless for pizza pickups in the name of reducing pickup time and queues. Dubbing the new system "tap and take" Dominos hopes that it will reduce waiting times, increase convenience, increase safety and reduce costs involved with handling cash so that they can "remain digitally agile and continue to meet consumer demands". The trial is not winning any points with Libertarians who believe that the government is pushing businesses to crack down on the cash economy with concerns about the government taking a big brother attitude to monitoring business cashflow. While a number of businesses in Australia are cashless, removing the option tends to put customers off with a number of businesses just bearing the loss of profit from customers who prefer to pay with cash.


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  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Thursday July 11 2019, @02:03PM

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 11 2019, @02:03PM (#865803) Homepage Journal

    I regret that Canada no longer uses pennies, so there's no longer a natural unit any more for a nickel to be worth five of.

    Love the word-order flexibility of the English language!

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