Wacky is being kind. Banks are itching to go paperless and everything they do now is related to that. One of my local banks has nailed shut the drive in window. done, gone. My other bank seems to have turned into a training facility. the people who work there only stay about 3 months then new, young people come in. Some of my customers want to pay online by email deposit but I tell them “just mail the check.” I don’t allow my banks to make my accounts available on line and I tell them that I have more bulldozers than they do. The number of commercial banks has dropped from about 12,000 or so in the 1970’s (Rukeyser used to talk about it) to something like 4,000 now. They won’t be happy until they get to 3.
Keeping cash handy has always been a good idea. Certainly don’t depend only on a card to buy groceries, etc.
It has already happened twice this summer that the Visa card readers broke down at my favorite grocery store. People were leaving their carts and walking out. I was glad I had cash in my wallet.