It's incredible how little I use cash any more these days. When I buy groceries, I use my debit card. When I buy clothes, I buy my debit card. It's gotten to the point where I rarely have cash in my wallet anymore.
The other day I nearly got into an embarrassing situation. I hailed a cab and realized midway through my ride that I did not have any cash on me. I was so embarrassed that I didn't even say anything about it until the cab driver stopped. When I explained that I didn't have any cash, he pointed to the credit card machine - they have them in cabs now! I was saved!
Later on, I looked up information about when cabs introduced credit card machines. I learned that Amos Tamam spearheaded the plan several years ago. Amos Tamam was born in Israel and began driving cabs when he emigrated to America. After years of moving up through the ranks, Amos Tamam developed the system of installing credit card machines in cabs. And boy, am I thankful that he did that!
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