Originally Posted by
weave
But I have my doubts because I think it's a terminal/merchant/provider issue and instead of just me looking like an idiot, soon there's going to be a plethora of Apple users holding up lines everywhere tapping their phones trying to pay and holding everyone up when it doesn't work.

Yup, exactly, it is a merchant issue. Newer terminals with built-in contactless greatly reduce what can go wrong, though.