Surely you can still pay with plastic cards, at least if the venue advertises accepting the big card issuers?

The latest neobank might require an app, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't find any bank in your country that allows you to spend money without using mobile apps.

Ask if you can order/pay without using the QR code. I'd be surprised if venues didn't have a paper menu as backup.

> Ask if you can order/pay without using the QR code. I'd be surprised if venues didn't have a paper menu as backup.

For newer restaurants, I really wouldn't bet on this being a thing. Or if they do, it's the ones they had before they updated their menus to QR codes, and thus might not be accurate any more.

It's like being blind and asking for the braille menu. Sure, they should have one, but don't bet on them having one.

And even if you know what you want and can pay in cash, even if they're legally bound to take your money at that point, you're working against the current and on some level being a (principled) ass to the staff serving you, who probably had no say in the system they're now having to deal with. It wouldn't even surprise me if some of these places have gone no-cash to the point of not having any place to put your cash after you've paid.

The actual solution is probably 'go somewhere else', but we all how that might go.