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What seemed weird when I visited your country
Barmymoo:
Separate checks (bills) as in each person is given a piece of paper with the amount they owe on it, and pay separately.
I've never had a problem with the chip and PIN system, maybe we have more reliable software now?
bhtooefr:
What's odd is, I work with a fleet of smartcard readers (used for logon authentication, but the chip and PIN system is using smartcards too), and we're not talking expensive ones in some cases - we're talking ones that my employer sells for $15, as part of a keyboard.
I replace keyboards occasionally, and usually not for smartcard reader failures. And these are in an environment where the reader is being used multiple times a day - not as aggressive of a duty cycle as a credit card reader, true, but still... there's plenty of keyboards that are 5+ years old, and still going strong (at least the smartcard reader part is).
Loki:
In 99% of the restaurants in Germany, you can only pay cash (except in the really posh ones, I suspect).
pwhodges:
That doesn't match my experience.
ChaoSera:
Mine neither. Most of the times you can pay by card, you just have to ask for it. Almost every restaurant has a mobile card reader by now. Not every single on, mind you, but most.
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