Up until recently it wasn’t a big deal, they’d point to the ATM at the grocery store next door and say, “ATM right there! No card! No card!” while tapping the cash only sign.

Unfortunately that grocery store closed last month. I hope they make it because I love the family that owns the place.

After Covid though, the cleanliness went downhill big time there. I mean, to a shocking degree.

During the peak of the pandemic they stuck a table in front of the doors and trusted customers to pay and take correct change themselves. That meant the world to me.

Buuuuut. They went from the cleanest restaurant in town to a place that looks like it hasn’t been mopped since 2019. It’s like the pandemic made them lazy and they never recovered.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

There was this really sleazy place in Mexico where a lot of tourists go where they only accepted pacos. For context, most places in Mexico tourist areas will accept dollars (and for the most part give you a fair exchange rate). They would point to an ATM across the street and tell you to get money from there.

I did the needful and paid for my stuff and went back to the beach. That evening, I got an alert from my bank saying that my purchase for airline tickets was rejected due to possible fraud. I called my bank and sure enough, my card was skimmed.

I checked the machine before I got cash to make sure there wasn't a skimmer. But it turns out that this scam is quite common in tourist areas in Mexico. The machine itself is run by criminals and they record the details of your card by using the machine.

All this to say: I know cash is king but man, it can also be quite sleezy.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe not lazy, maybe a key person got long covid or something.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Nah they’re all in there. I’ve known them since I was about 5 years old.

They legit just stopped cleaning it. The last time I went in there I noticed thick black dirt in front of the drink cooler, so I peered over the counter and it was the same all the way back in the kitchen. I couldn’t even eat my food.

It sucks too because it has always been my favorite spot to eat. I used to take my daughter every weekend.

She still eats there haha. She says she don’t care, it’s too good to give up.

The counters and cookers all look clean, they just stopped mopping the place it seems.