[benbristow]

Those things never seem to work properly, at least in the UK. Receipt printers are always broken. Also was a study a few years back pre-COVID about them being covered in faeces particles.

I do prefer them to ordering at the counter due to pretty bad eyesight and having more time and I usually pay by card anyway but they're not the best things.

[bumby]

pre-COVID about them being covered in faeces particles.

Gross. But somehow I doubt the POS credit card reader would be any different. Those types of studies find grossness everywhere (feces on movie seats, urine in the bar peanuts etc)

[benbristow]

Don't need to touch those unless you need to use chip and pin. 99% of card machines in the UK take contactless and mobile payments.

[bumby]

Fair point. Although the main implication is that a POS doesn’t negate the risk, it just has different risk vectors.

[gruez]

contactless support is still very spotty in the US, both from issuing banks and at merchants.