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Iceland Supermarket Bans Cash Stored in Shoes and Bras

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 14 2020, @06:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the gotta-ban-them-all dept.

Chocolate writes:

A UK supermarket has banned the use of money that was stored in shoes and bras as part of the effort to reign in the spread of COVID-19. Among other strange facts coming out of this outbreak is that some people lick their money before handing it over to the cashier.

We are doomed.

[Ed Note - Updated the story to reflect that the store is called Iceland and is, in fact, a UK supermarket.]

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday March 14 2020, @07:31AM (4 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Saturday March 14 2020, @07:31AM (#971082)

    They finally have a good argument to force society to go cashless and track the shit out of 100% of the people with electronic payments.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @08:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @08:06AM (#971092)

    Yes then their stock price will rocket. And our mutual funds will increase. Those bastards.

  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday March 14 2020, @01:46PM (1 child)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 14 2020, @01:46PM (#971185) Homepage Journal

    I use my credit card a lot so that *I* can track my activities.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday March 15 2020, @04:07AM

      by dry (223) on Sunday March 15 2020, @04:07AM (#971481) Journal

      I use a pen and paper as well as only having only so much cash on hand. The only X amount of cash really helps me budget. YMMV.

  • (Score: 2) by KritonK on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:50PM

    by KritonK (465) on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:50PM (#971253)

    Actually, it took the COVID-19 scare for cashiers in Greece to figure out that contactless transactions are supposed to be made by having the customer wave their card over the POS terminal. Up until a few days ago, cashiers would take my card and ask me whether I wanted to make a contactless transaction or whether I wanted to enter my PIN. As a consequence, credit cards are probably as unsanitary as banknotes, and promoting their use as a more sanitary option will only cause laughter.