I have also found this practice very annoying by petrol stations not accepting cards. I thought for them the cards are more secure, drat! while other countries progress other retrogress.

@reddevil. Credit cards are more secure, but at what cost? Credit card companies deduct a fee of 6%, so for a lot of low margin business, it is not worth it.

Good People,

On sunday, I decided to have lunch at Kengeles Nairobi West. When I asked for the bill, the waiter brings some receipts and hands them to my wife ( maybe I looked kama nimefugwa). I have had some experiences with waiters so I asked her to add up the receipts. She does so and when she pays, the guy insists that it was less KShs500 he had even done his own addition at the back of the last receipt. So I take it up and we add together the ETR receipts. Turns out that the fellow had left out ETR receipts for two plates. So I ask him to get me the receipts and the fellow has the tanacity to say 'ETR haiwezi toa hizo' after bringing me a handwritten captains order. When I declined to pay,and asked for the manager, the guy brings out another ETR receipt in the name of another cashier.

Hata Kengeles? Surely iko shida kubwa!

I remember what happened in the US after the Credit crunch. Petrol station owners refused to accept credit cards. Reason, they were not making any money. The credit card companies were