A post from a young person venting frustration over cash payments at convenience stores went viral on X (formerly Twitter), and 5channel users were split on the issue too. The complaint “I hate having my time wasted” drew pushback like “just get in line ahead of them” and “you should build more buffer into your schedule” — while others pointed out that poor signal reception often slows down cashless payments, and that fumbling for a point card can make things even slower, turning the very idea of “speed” itself into the real point of debate.
Young People Say "Stop Paying Cash" at Convenience Stores — Here's Why Some 40-Somethings Still Won't Go Cashless
A post expressing irritation at an "old guy" fumbling with coins while paying at a convenience store drew attention on X. To today's younger generation, people who still pay with cash may just seem like an annoying waste of time.
A post expressing irritation at an "old guy" fumbling with coins while paying at a convenience store drew attention on X. To today's younger generation, people who still pay with cash may just seem like an annoying waste of time.
What are they in such a rush for, anyway?
Re: #5
Even if you're not in a hurry, I get not wanting some total stranger to eat up your time.
Even if you're not in a hurry, I get not wanting some total stranger to eat up your time.
Re: #11
Just build some buffer time into your schedule.
You're the one forcing your own convenience onto other people here.
Just build some buffer time into your schedule.
You're the one forcing your own convenience onto other people here.
Re: #11
Then just get in line before the lady does.
Then just get in line before the lady does.
What actually takes longer than cash is when someone tries to pay with some "Pay" app without knowing how it works — fumbling with their phone, asking the clerk over and over, redoing it each time.
Re: #9
That's really it in a nutshell 🥺
Cashless or cash, if you're slow, you're slow.
That's really it in a nutshell 🥺
Cashless or cash, if you're slow, you're slow.
Clerk: "That'll be 580 yen. How will you be paying?"
Capable me (unlocking my phone): "Electronic payment."
Clerk: "Please select it on the monitor button."
Capable me: "Is PayPay okay as a barcode payment?"
Clerk (tch): "Yes."
Capable me: "Got it. Opening the app now. Huh? Signal's weak 😣"
Capable me (unlocking my phone): "Electronic payment."
Clerk: "Please select it on the monitor button."
Capable me: "Is PayPay okay as a barcode payment?"
Clerk (tch): "Yes."
Capable me: "Got it. Opening the app now. Huh? Signal's weak 😣"
Re: #25
Wait, is this the guy?
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1924352211846414336/pu/vid/avc1/1272×720/iWgfaflTzU_vsraE.mp4?tag=12
Wait, is this the guy?
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1924352211846414336/pu/vid/avc1/1272×720/iWgfaflTzU_vsraE.mp4?tag=12
Suica (Japan's IC transit/e-money card) is the best. No need to unlock your phone or hold up a barcode — it's fast. Just make Suica the universal standard already.
Re: #36
*Bwaap!* "Insufficient balance, please top up" — and now you're topping up right there at the register.
*Bwaap!* "Insufficient balance, please top up" — and now you're topping up right there at the register.
Re: #17
I think it's more like: next to their own inconvenience, forcing their convenience onto others just doesn't register. Super selfish, but honestly, I get the feeling.
I think it's more like: next to their own inconvenience, forcing their convenience onto others just doesn't register. Super selfish, but honestly, I get the feeling.
Re: #49
By that logic, an old lady slowly paying in cash and eating up everyone else's time is just her own business, right?
By that logic, an old lady slowly paying in cash and eating up everyone else's time is just her own business, right?
Re: #56
You just don't know — the irritable old guys are slow AND they snap at you if you point it out.
You just don't know — the irritable old guys are slow AND they snap at you if you point it out.
I mean, the way these people talk, it's like everyone around them is supposed to accommodate them as a given.
Meanwhile they show zero consideration for anyone else — who do they think they are, medieval nobility?
Not being able to wait through a normal checkout is ridiculous to begin with.
Meanwhile they show zero consideration for anyone else — who do they think they are, medieval nobility?
Not being able to wait through a normal checkout is ridiculous to begin with.
Re: #60
Time spent waiting for them is wasted time.
Time they make others wait? Doesn't even cross their mind.
Honestly, that's basically everyone — young and old, men and women alike.
Same goes for cars passing each other on narrow roads, not just checkout lines.
Time spent waiting for them is wasted time.
Time they make others wait? Doesn't even cross their mind.
Honestly, that's basically everyone — young and old, men and women alike.
Same goes for cars passing each other on narrow roads, not just checkout lines.
By the way, me: "I'll pay by card, tap payment" →
"Don't need the receipt" → *briskly strides off* (walking absurdly fast)
How's that for an image??
"Don't need the receipt" → *briskly strides off* (walking absurdly fast)
How's that for an image??
Re: #64
Sounds like you mumble fast, so I bet the clerk looks confused.
Sounds like you mumble fast, so I bet the clerk looks confused.
Re: #64
Honestly, I'm more worried about your daily life if that kind of thing gives you a sense of superiority.
Honestly, I'm more worried about your daily life if that kind of thing gives you a sense of superiority.
Saw some news recently that Uniqlo-style self-checkout might start spreading beyond Uniqlo itself.
Don't you dare make me wait. I'm nice to store staff, but I show you all no mercy.
Don't you dare make me wait. I'm nice to store staff, but I show you all no mercy.
Re: #78
If it's an RFID-based self-checkout, even old guys can handle it easily, so don't worry, good for you.
If it's an RFID-based self-checkout, even old guys can handle it easily, so don't worry, good for you.
Please stop being cashless and then fumbling around looking for your point card anyway — you end up slow regardless.
Re: #80
The weak in-store signal is part of the problem too!
The weak in-store signal is part of the problem too!
The only place you'd really have to line up is a convenience store around lunchtime, no? Do you ever wait that long paying anywhere else?
Re: #94
Pharmacies are pretty much always crowded.
Though honestly, to the people complaining about convenience stores/supermarkets at lunchtime — if you don't like it, don't go at lunch.
You corporate slave, you.
Pharmacies are pretty much always crowded.
Though honestly, to the people complaining about convenience stores/supermarkets at lunchtime — if you don't like it, don't go at lunch.
You corporate slave, you.
Re: #94
Morning convenience stores can have lines too depending on the location — construction workers ("dokachin," slang for manual laborers) coming in for their morning food.
Morning convenience stores can have lines too depending on the location — construction workers ("dokachin," slang for manual laborers) coming in for their morning food.
More than cash payers, it's the people ordering cigarettes or fried snacks at the counter that irritate me.
Re: #107
Honestly I don't get that one. Let people eat what they want to eat.
Honestly I don't get that one. Let people eat what they want to eat.
Docomo's signal is so bad I struggle with electronic payments wherever I go. Never had this problem with Y!mobile — what's going on with mighty Docomo?
Re: #112
Seriously, same. Ahamo (Docomo's budget plan) is so bad it's insanely stressful.
Seriously, same. Ahamo (Docomo's budget plan) is so bad it's insanely stressful.
Cashless is already slower as it is — if you made the lady go cashless too, it'd only get even slower.
Re: #115
Cashless is slower?
Cashless is slower?
I'll pick up a parcel, pay a utility bill, grab cigarette brand No. 69, do the age verification for alcohol, buy an Ichiban Kuji lottery ticket, and pick out some oden — all in one trip.
Re: #127
Add a bulk-waste disposal sticker to that too.
Add a bulk-waste disposal sticker to that too.
Re: #127
Super thick skin, lol.
Super thick skin, lol.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Gen Z: “Stop paying with cash, people are waiting!” Middle-aged woman: “Sorry… but it’s first-come, first-served, so please wait your turn.”“.
