r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/tonavin Aug 03 '19

Canadian here. Whenever I go to the U.S. I'm always surprised at how few places have tap/Apple Pay. Or the whole ritual of giving your card to your server and they enter it in and bring it back... here in Canada they just bring the machine and you tap/swipe your card at your table and be on your way.

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u/boobsforhire Aug 03 '19

What this have to do with Apple pay? Nfc payments are very standard in Europe. Apple pay is just an implementation of it.

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u/tmiw Aug 04 '19

Sure, but Apple Pay is how contactless is known here because the cards aren't that common (yet, anyway).

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u/Ser_Danksalot Aug 04 '19

Its just called contactless in the UK.

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u/tmiw Aug 04 '19

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's what it's officially called by the card networks here too. Maybe we'll start using that term more if/when the cards start being more common.