Very much depends on the bank, they all have their own rules.
Paying Contactless - Cashier swiping it themselves
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Very much depends on the bank, they all have their own rules.
Man of Honour
Like you I've always been asked if I mind them using the contactless function and since it speeds everything up and it's still within my sight then I don't have an issue with it. If the card was being taken away then I might have more of an issue but generally it's fine.
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It's not the bank - it's built into the equipment.
Man of Honour
I imagine he just means by the venue.
When I paying at my local, I'll give them my card, they go get the pin machine, then they walk back over to me and say "Can I use Contactless?", I say "Yes", then they hand me back and card and ask if I want a receipt.
I was thinking the other day, it must get on their nerves having to ask every time if they can use the contactless.
I was thinking the other day, it must get on their nerves having to ask every time if they can use the contactless.
Local pub my dad goes to everyones cards go into a basket behind the counter! It has been this way for years and allows the patrons to keep an open tab (not for swinging purposes).
My dad refused and is the only person allowed not to do this (because he has been going there for many, many years).
I know the usual clientèle are of the older generation and just go with it, but i would not and i doubt many others would allow their card to be kept out of sight for a few hours.
My dad refused and is the only person allowed not to do this (because he has been going there for many, many years).
I know the usual clientèle are of the older generation and just go with it, but i would not and i doubt many others would allow their card to be kept out of sight for a few hours.
Man of Honour
I always use my phone for contactless payments. The screen shows the amount then.
Man of Honour
Using a card in a bar is frowned upon?
Surely just paying contactless is so much better than trying to deal with cash.
Surely just paying contactless is so much better than trying to deal with cash.
Soldato
Use Applepay on my phone. The only time I don't wave it over the NFC reader myself is in my local when I'm at the other end of the bar and it's the landlord taking the payment.
My impression back in the day was that it was a part of licensing conditions.
You could accept CC for alcohol along with a sit down meal, but not on its own.
And very sensible it was too!
(Licensees were not supposed to run "Tabs" either, though it never stopped them!
(They were not supposed to sell after hours either too. But, back in the day, I rarely left my local before 02:00 on a Saturday night and sometimes walked home in daylight! Ho Hummn! 
)
Soldato
they should 100% not be doing this. bad training with contactless i've seen many places think it's acceptable to take your card and make payment for you, however then ask someone else to enter their card into the machine and then ask the customer to take it out as they know with chip and pin they shouldn't be touching your card.
I wonder how many bartenders over the years have cheekily qeitten down the numbers/grabbed pictures
A lot of clubs will charge for useing a card.
They prefer cash and its a way to squeeze drunks who have run out of cash and there isnt a cash machine available
Arguably bars are the sort of place where there is a strong use case for contactless / card payments:
-Transactions typically under the £30 limit
-People often make multiple separate transactions at the same venue, meaning several visits to the bar can potentially generate a lot of change in one's pocket
-Some people don't like taking a big wedge of cash on a night out in case they lose it
-Bars are the sort of place one can end up in unplanned, meaning you might not have enough cash on you for the full evening but not want to have to duck out to a cash point
-Might want to settle a big tab
-Could be a company CC or whatever
One thing I don't know about is speed, would be interested to hear from bar staff whether doing a contactless payment is typically quicker or slower than a cash transaction. I guess in busy bars it depends in part whether there are as many readers as cash tills.
In the likes of weatherspoons wheres theres a card reader for every till and its mpunted on a stand on the customer side of the bar its way wuicker.
They'll often stick the order in the till, start the taps pouring and you pay while its pouring so you then just lick the drinks up an walk off as soon as theyre done
Most busy bars are limited by the amount of readers; it's definitely much quicker otherwise.
Soldato
Remind me not to go to Wetherspoons again if they don't even give you a glass anymore!