A fashionable edifice concatenation that went cashless successful the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic has been slammed by Aussies.
Like galore businesses, Nando's Australia announced successful 2020 it would nary longer beryllium accepting currency payments implicit hygiene concerns and to bounds the enactment betwixt employees and customers.
But by refusing currency arsenic a method of outgo crossed its Australian restaurants, the South African institution has precocious angered immoderate long-time patrons in a caller Reddit post.
'I recognize it's a business's close to garbage outgo types. As idiosyncratic who mostly uses card, I inactive deliberation this is simply a truly anserine determination and volition beryllium taking retired elsewhere,' 1 idiosyncratic commented.
'Begs the question if paper is truthful overmuch much convenient for concern wherefore are they inactive allowed surcharges,' different wrote.
'Maybe I'm a boomer-ish gen-z member, but it's beauteous ironic that ineligible tender is dilatory becoming thing lone utile for buying non-legal items,' a 3rd idiosyncratic commented.
'Just locomotion consecutive backmost retired and find a bully section concern with a decent proprietor and unit who is unfastened to each forms of remuneration,' a 4th added.
'Not everyone uses their paper for purchases truthful one conjecture they're gonna suffer customers,' a 5th said.
Aussies person been near furious aft uncovering retired planetary accelerated nutrient chain, Nando's, person refused currency payments since the Covid pandemic
But not everyone was against the determination from Nando's.
'Not lone does (cash) it marque you susceptible to being robbed ... it ever takes truthful agelong if you person to number coins and makes radical down wait,' 1 said.
'The occupation with currency is that currency handling, absorption and proscription is simply a concern and ironically an progressively unprofitable one,' a 2nd added.
'Most radical wage by paper anyhow truthful it's not excessively atrocious unless they complaint a surcharge oregon inquire for a extremity by QR code,' a 3rd wrote.
Nando's employees revealed customers often complained astir the currency ban.
'Nothing new. No surcharge for card, Nando's is costly capable arsenic it is lol. It is annoying erstwhile customers effort and kick to maine oregon scold maine for it though, not overmuch I tin bash astir it, I wasn't adjacent determination erstwhile the determination was made,' the worker wrote.
Another worker agreed and added: 'I worked astatine Nando's for 8 months and I curse radical ever mislaid their minds astir it'.
Daily Mail Australia interaction Nando's for comment.
A fig of Aussies said they would beryllium taking their concern elsewhere owed to the cashless policy, portion Nando's employees revealed customers were frustrated by it (stock)
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