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When The Cash Register Doesn't Take Cash

posted by FatPhil on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-the-tip dept.

Justin Case brings us this story from NPR's Morning Edition:

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: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:02AM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:02AM (#619925)

    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.

    Not to mention they are getting taxed as if they were tipped 8%...

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