"Cash only." I heard that four times in Ramnagar.
Not suspicious. Just how small towns run. Patchy network, one ATM, Sundays dry.
But it's also a screening tool. A
Ramnagar Escort Service asking for a UPI transfer to a personal account at eleven at night is not cash-only. It's something else.
Distinguish these. Cash on arrival is normal. Prepay is not.
I use cash now. Folded, in a different pocket, and exact amounts. This seems like a lot of work. But it stops the entire awkward exchange at the cash register when your phone takes so long to load, you're embarrassed and losing self-respect.
Learned that at a dhaba. Momos went cold. Never again.