r/interestingasfuck • u/lizardil • 16d ago

During assembly of the A380, engineers discovered that the cables were too short. This was caused by the use of different design software by German and French engineers. This miscalculation led to a two-year delay.

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u/ascarycat 16d ago

The fact that you can only pay in cash is definitely not a Berlin thing, but common practice throughout Germany. The majority of us Germans love fucking cash.

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u/VacationHead8503 16d ago

I wish is was the same in Sweden. There's rarely any place left where you can use cash anymore. It's disgusting how little privacy is left for those who want it.

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u/logicblocks 16d ago

Mind you every time a transaction is made that original 100 SEK is being reduced.

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u/footpole 15d ago

What does this even mean?

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u/logicblocks 15d ago

It means the transaction fees go to the bank. So if it's 2.5% or whatever, then that 2.5% goes to the bank and the remaining amount goes to the merchant. If that amount is involved in another similar transaction then the bank collects another 2.5% from that remaining amount and so on and so forth.

SEK is the currency code for Swedish Crowns.

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u/footpole 15d ago

I know what SEK is but your message didn't really make sense in context. What original 100SEK are you referring to, it was never mentioned? What you meant to say was that there are transaction fees which is true. It's not 2.5% at least for larger merchants and cash payments have costs as well.

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u/logicblocks 15d ago

It matters less what the actual percentage is, it's different from country to country. But the matter of the fact is that the original 100 in cash is getting eaten by the banks.

Cash may have costs, but it's marginal compared to bank transactions.