‘We don’t take cash,’ said the boy behind the counter in Pret after I tried to hand him a £5 note and two pound coins.
‘My’ ham and cheese baguette and bottle of Coke sat in a brown paper bag on the counter and a woman standing beside me grimaced as she waited to be served in the otherwise empty shop.
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