Starbucks announces UK contactless payment trial

Starbucks: trialling contactless payment in UK stores
Starbucks is to follow rivals such as Costa Coffee and McDonalds by offering contactless payments in its UK stores. The coffee-shop chain has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, allowing consumers to pay for products by scanning their contactless credit or debit card over a payment terminal.
Kevin,
Have you seen this review of contactless;
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/quick_tap/
Thanks, Andrew. An amusing tale.