In that scenario most of the food has gone bad anyway and is stuck in distribution centres as the shops can’t send orders up through the supply chain.
Also, without power most places couldn’t take cash. Tills are computers that do all the maths so the 16 year old serving you doesn’t have to they also track inventory going out.
The cash that there is is stuck in banks because the banks have no way of knowing what money is yours as we haven’t had bank books for like 20 years already.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Werd the banks in my state are still required to have bank books specifically for this reason.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Presumably even there though they check the details from your book against the computer system, to not only check that the book is accurate and that the branch has enough cash on hand to fulfil your request? The computer system that has had no power for a week.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
They are there as a backup, for if the bank loses power or Internet. Normally they just use the computer system.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
So you have to use them every time you use the bank, I’m assuming this also means that these accounts don’t allow you to do any kind of internet or telephone banking.