Johnny Fallon: Convenience of modern life is not something to be complacent about

If you are talking to someone with their head in a phone it’s because you are not any more interesting than their phone.

I went for a haircut in Longford recently. It should have been a fairly simple job. On the way I realised I had forgotten my wallet in my other jacket, but as I was nearly in town, I went on. The barber confirmed he only took cash. No matter, Longford probably has more barbers per square foot than anywhere else in the world. On I went. Every single one, cash only. Exasperated and without an ATM card I asked one why I couldn’t pay with my phone and what was the point in being cash only when bank charges to business for cash handling match anything for cards.

Clearly, this man didn’t know me and jauntily replied that it was ‘better to be cash when Revenue were about’.