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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
They only take cash. Awesome awesome awesome.
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There should be huge ass signs on restaruants that only take cash, or alternatively, restaurants that only take weird credit cards.
Once upon a time, right around the time the wall went down, this Texan and her brother were displaced for a week or so in Berlin. Some friends, who were travelling on a much higher budget than us, met up with us, and invited us to join their rather large party at a very nice restaurant. Having recently eaten at a lot of inexpensive cafes, we readily accepted the invitation.
A fine meal was had with much wine. I remember particularly the white asparagus and the currants. Great conversation, excellent service. One of those two or three hour affairs. Everything one would want in a dining experience.
Eventually, it was time to settle the bill. Out came the Amex Gold Card. The waiter politely informed us that they were sorry, but they could not accept American Express. Ok. Fine. Out came the Visa. "I'm sorry sir, but..." Mastercard. "Nope." Finally, someone asked, "Do you take any credit cards?" "Of course sir, we take Diners Club."
Dead silence all around the table. Ten of us, eating at least three courses and drinking lots of expensive wine. Assumptions that no expenses would be spared since most of the party was there attending a conference, and the tab would eventually be added to an expense account, so no one really cared how much we spent on dinner.
Everyone looked through their wallet with the off hope that someone signed up for a Diners Club card years ago and forgot about it. No such luck. So we started looking for cash. Every single wallet, including those of my 18 year old self and my 16 year old brother were scoured. The party was multi-national, so the currency on our persons was rather varied. Eventually, we threw down marks, francs, dollars, swedish currency and yen on the table, and hoped that the waiter had a recent newspaper and a calculator. There was a collective sigh of relief when he accepted our cash.
