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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: 2) by legont on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:04PM (1 child)

    by legont (4179) on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:04PM (#971236)

    Forgot to mention. In this particular case with money, people do the last check - if two bills did not stick together. When I drove a cab in NYC I once got 3 dollar pay which in fact was one dollar bill and two hundreds.
    Hence I spit on my fingers (to avoid liking - my mother taught me this at very tender age) and check the bill right before hanging it out.

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday March 15 2020, @04:03AM

    by dry (223) on Sunday March 15 2020, @04:03AM (#971479) Journal

    It's even worse with plastic money, it is very sticky. Bought gas the other week and would have overpaid by $20 if the teller hadn't been honest.