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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, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:26PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:26PM (#620098) Journal

    In Canada, they DID get rid of the penny: if you pay cash, the decimal is rounded up or down (2cents or under, rounded down/3cents or over, rounded up IANAL/Financial accountant, your penny rounding may vary i have no idea, really... just pulling numbers out my ass). You either pay 0cents or 5cents, etc.

    If you pay debit/credit, you pay the pennies.... a good reason to pay cash if it will save you the 2-3cents....if you don't have a freaking life!!!

    :)

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:18PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:18PM (#620191)

    Denmark did this ages ago to their 5 and 10 ore coins, though before they did they had the cutest little copper coins about 15mm in diameter...

    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1407.html [numista.com]

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