Cashless & Take The Pen

Do you think we will have a cashless society in your lifetime? Dangerous Dave talks about a survey that say almost 1/2 of people think so. Plus, is it ok to steal the pen from the server who just brought your bill? 8% of people say "yes".

Episode Transcript

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This is deeper in the den withdangerous day. Well, you know,
about half of us can envision aday where we don't have a dollar,
but that's in a good way.Survey, forty eight percent of people said
they expect to see a cashless societywithin their lifetime. Some people said they're
already prepared. Fifteen percent of peoplesaid they never carry cash. That's up
significantly from five years ago, whereit was four percent of the people that

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said the same. Not everyone isthere. Seventy one percent of people said
they will still have some level ofeveryday reliance on cash, and we use
cash within the last two weeks.Obviously, digital money is a big driver
in a cashless society, but notjust credit cards, mobile wallets, stuff
like PayPal, zell and Venmo.The way things are going, it seems

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like it could happen, but thereare some hurdles, especially when it comes
to poor people who can't afford smartphones, those with bad credit, and people
who are unbanked. People can't dealwith technology. So yeah, I don't
see in my lifetime anyway a completelycashless society. Just because of donating certain
things you want to pay cash for. I try to use cash but then

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I look at my wallet and Irealize there isn't any deeper in the two.
You know, a lot of thingshave become unnecessary now that everybody has
a smartphone. Here's one. Youdon't hear much about having a pen and
paper in a hotel room, andI actually still like that making myself notes,
even though I do have to keepmy notes app on my phone.
A new poll people asked is itunacceptable for somebody to take a pen at

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a hotel room? They stayed in. Thirty nine percent of people say it's
always acceptable to swipe that pen.Maybe it makes sense they're always branded with
a hotel's name, so maybe mostplaces consider it a complimentary marketing. Thirty
two percent say it depends upon thehotel, and eighteen percent of people consider
it always unacceptable. Now here's whereit gets interesting. Another pole asked if
it's cool to take a pen froma restaurant server once you sign the bill.

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Eight percent of people say it's alwaysacceptable to steal that pen, twenty
four percent say depends on the restaurant, and fifty two percent say it's always
unacceptable. I want that server tohave it. So they're going to go
through a lot of people in aday's time, so they need that pen.
People most likely to steal hotel pensover Midwestern gen X women. For
those most likely to take a penfrom a server gen Z men from the

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Northwest. Where I have taken pensfrom a hotel room, I've never taken
one intentionally from a server. Idid take the pen from the bank one
time. However, I'm starting tofeel bad about that. Not that I
didn't think I deserved the pen,but the pen had a chain on it.
The chain was attached to that tabletop, and walking around with that pen
with a chain at a tabletop isa little bit cumbersome to me. Again

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