I just learned the embarassing way that my ability to pay for groceries depends on the livelyness of europe-west2.
It's a good idea to have multiple debit cards (both visa and mastercard) from different banks. You can often get them for free.
Agree,so annoying
The uptime of cash in my wallet is pretty close to 100%. It's extremely rare that I have to use it, but it's incredibly convenient to have each time it's required