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Bluestone, which now has 20 stores in the U.S., went cashless last October.
A big reason: Nearly 90 percent of customers [...] never paid in cash.
Another reason: The lines move faster when employees don't have to make change.
"We see a lot of guests that pay for a meal with a credit card, but will always leave a cash tip. And I think people like doing that. People like palming a bartender a $20 or palming their server a $10. Palming the bus boy a couple bucks," said Fileccia.
There are also people, he said, who want to keep their meal off the books — if they're having an affair, for example.
No, businesses are not required to accept cash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender
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(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:20AM (4 children)
Federal minimum wage is NOT $7.25. It's actually $2.13. [google.com]
If you are at one of the chain restaurants and you don't leave a tip, it's likely that that is what your server is getting for the hour after working for you.
I mostly don't patronize the sorts of places where I might be expected to tip
Do what it takes to remove the "mostly" from your statement, slimeball.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:35AM
"...or take lessons in what it requires to be a proper human being."
When business owners take those lessons first and actually pay a proper salary, I'll feel guilted into doing so. Remember tipping started because business owners deliberately started paying their staff too little, expecting the customer to actually pay the rest of it on top of what they're actually buying.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:02AM
Not to mention they are getting taxed as if they were tipped 8%...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:03AM
The ideal minimum wage is negative infinity. Some people are worth less than zero because they harm the business, but maybe they need the learning experience or just need to have an activity to keep them busy.
The de facto minimum wage may well be negative, particularly with illegal aliens and other wanted criminals getting paid under the table. For example, pay $1.00/hour for the right to be a waitress and get tips that won't be properly reported to the IRS.
Removing the "mostly" would mean I can't travel. I certainly don't patronize those places in my hometown. In any case though, a proper human being doesn't encourage corruption. Tipping is the payment of a bribe. Don't do it.
(Score: 2) by chromas on Tuesday January 09 2018, @10:16AM
Maybe he's black. Don't be racis, y'all!
Many states have their own minimum wage, which is usually higher. Washington and some other states [dol.gov] also don't allow employers to count tips to be toward wage.