No Credit Cards Accepted!

SCENE: A famous restaurant in Dumaguete, has been around for years. I’m with friends.

ME: [Grumbling] I don’t get why some restaurants choose not to accept credit cards, only cash. It’s 2025! You’d think they’d find that a good way to make things convenient for customers.

FRIEND: Well, that way, there’s no definite record of sale. It’s just cash. Then they can cook the books.

ME: But isn’t that bad? Then they don’t declare their taxes properly?

FRIEND: I’ve thought about that. Then I realized all our taxes are going to these trapos in government. I’d rather the money remain with our entrepreneurs.

ME: I’ve never thought about that before.

FRIEND: I don’t even bother to ask for receipts anymore.

This is how we are now in Da Pilipins.