Comment on McDonald's Closes Amid Global IT OutageparentComments−turnsout2yIn 2024, if you can only take cash, you might as well close down until you sort out CC processing.−mmcgaha2yWhere I live we still have restaurants that only take cash. There are even two places nearby where you can walk in 24/7, grab what you want out of their fridge, and put your cash in a box on the way out. Cash only can still work.−phone86753092yWhere I live those fridges and the cash box would both be empty in a matter of hours.−turnsout2yNow imagine that instead of a local restaurant, it was a global conglomerate with restaurants in nearly every country−mmcgaha2yLook at the date on the article below. McDonald's grew into a global conglomerate well before they started accepting cards.https://money.cnn.com/2002/11/26/news/companies/mcdonalds/
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In 2024, if you can only take cash, you might as well close down until you sort out CC processing.
Where I live we still have restaurants that only take cash. There are even two places nearby where you can walk in 24/7, grab what you want out of their fridge, and put your cash in a box on the way out. Cash only can still work.
Where I live those fridges and the cash box would both be empty in a matter of hours.
Now imagine that instead of a local restaurant, it was a global conglomerate with restaurants in nearly every country
Look at the date on the article below. McDonald's grew into a global conglomerate well before they started accepting cards.
https://money.cnn.com/2002/11/26/news/companies/mcdonalds/