There's problems with getting holiday monies in Euros, too. Herself has an extensive rant on the whole subject, which really will not fit in this margin, but concludes with asking whether people have read (not seen) The Handmaid's Tale: if cash doesn't exist and everything's done by computer, it makes it much easier to (eg) freeze women's bank accounts, and take over their lives by decree.

Put sand in the surveillance-capitalism gearbox. Pay for something today with hard cash.