Ways to beat coronavirus after lockdown

[AtW]

“ Minimum spends could be brought in at shops to discourage short, frequent visits, and shopping trips could be allocated based on the first letter of people's surnames, the study says. People could bring their own tools, such as tongs, to pick up shopping, and use probes to press PIN numbers or use a finger joint, rather than fingertip, to touch objects.”

Shopping with tongs and keeping cats inside among ways to beat coronavirus after lockdown, study says

Oh no, how would that be enforced - ID check or credit card companies would help?

[Paddy]

“ Minimum spends could be brought in at shops to discourage short, frequent visits, and shopping trips could be allocated based on the first letter of people's surnames, the study says. People could bring their own tools, such as tongs, to pick up shopping, and use probes to press PIN numbers or use a finger joint, rather than fingertip, to touch objects.”

Shopping with tongs and keeping cats inside among ways to beat coronavirus after lockdown, study says

Oh no, how would that be enforced - ID check or credit card companies would help?

Mr Tong says he does not want to go shopping with you.

[darmstadt]

Daily Torygraph with loads of old bollocks written by interns copying tulip from the 'Net, they're getting worse than the Express....

[NickFitz]

I find it odd that ATMs don’t do contactless. I can pay up to something like £250 in a shop with a double-click on my Apple Watch and a wave near the machine, yet to get the same amount out of a cash machine I have to touch it?

[Old Greg]

I find it odd that ATMs don’t do contactless. I can pay up to something like £250 in a shop with a double-click on my Apple Watch and a wave near the machine, yet to get the same amount out of a cash machine I have to touch it?

True, but it's a few weeks now since I've used an ATM or paid with cash.

[vwdan]

I find it odd that ATMs don’t do contactless. I can pay up to something like £250 in a shop with a double-click on my Apple Watch and a wave near the machine, yet to get the same amount out of a cash machine I have to touch it?

That's strange, all the ones around me allow contactless withdrawal. Are you ensuring that you make clear to the other person you have a gun?

[NickFitz]

True, but it's a few weeks now since I've used an ATM or paid with cash.

Same. I was already at the point where the only places I still used cash were the Chinese takeaway and the barber’s. Both are now closed, so the small amount of cash remaining in my wallet is completely useless

[vetran]

Same. I was already at the point where the only places I still used cash were the Chinese takeaway and the barber’s. Both are now closed, so the small amount of cash remaining in my wallet is completely useless

Much the same here I have a fiver in my wallet and it hasn't moved in a month. I normally draw £20-30 a week out for incidentals. Contactless has upped to £45 I think.

Limit for contactless spending to rise to GBP45 at beginning of April | Money | The Guardian

[Old Greg]

Same. I was already at the point where the only places I still used cash were the Chinese takeaway and the barber’s. Both are now closed, so the small amount of cash remaining in my wallet is completely useless

Childcare place was the only place I used cash. Free banking (ATM withdrawals and card payments) largely doesn't exist in Ireland, but credit cared tap has no charge for me so I use that.

[vetran]

Get Nuttina to wear gloves?