I met a few old friends for a beer or two on Friday evening in a pub near Clerkenwell. We had a table close to the bar and I couldn't help but notice that I was pretty well the only person who payed for drinks using cash all night. Virtually everyone else paid using their contactless card as default. The barman was borderline baffled when I handed him a £20 note for the drinks each time my round came up.

There was a time (not that long ago) that paying with a card at a bar was met with 'huffs and puffs' from the barman along with everyone else waiting at the bar, but now it is clearly the fastest way to pay, as the barman doesn't have to go and grab any change.

I love the contactless gates on the underground etc, but there still seems something wrong with paying by card in a bar due to the old fashioned pub traditions.
I clearly need to revise my 'bar etiquette rulebook' to bring myself back up to date.....!