I pay cash nearly everywhere, card is for online only. I'll be a long way towards the back of the cashless adoption!
Paying cash on the bus substantially slows down the bus. It makes sense to get rid of that transaction.
It's[+] my city and it can damn-well run the way I want it to. And that doesn't include 100% surveillance.
[+] Was, sadly. I like London. But it's shit.
Edit: Formatting.
Further edit: In fact I've lived in London most of my life and experience suggests a scenario which is distressingly common: Are you one of those cunts who tuts and sighs[ø] when a little old lady gets on the bus and takes (horror of horrors!) more than 10 seconds to pay her fare and find a seat? FUCK YOU. You don't deserve the air you breathe.
[ø] For those who live outside the M25, this is the London equivalent of a near-violent argument between strangers.
"Single to X please"
"No"
"I'll pay you, whether personally or your employer, an entire £10 (the fare's about £1.50) to take me to X"
"No"
"£20?"
"No. Go somewhere else (there was nowhere near this particular bus stop to buy one and I'd have missed that bus even if there was) and buy a card so we can follow you everywhere you go"
It's fucking scary. Or would be if I lived permanently in this shithole. Haha!
Recent events rather than persuading me to get bank account and card have entrenched my position not to get one. Things should not be like this and fuck any and everyone who's OK with it.