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
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday January 09 2018, @07:05PM (1 child)
The U.S. Treasury [treasury.gov] disagrees with your friend. He was just being an ignorant jerk. Unless there was a state law requiring a private business to take denominations larger than $20, they didn't have to accept a $50 bill. As long as the payment policy was clearly posted, the police would likely side with the gas station.
A sale is a contract. A seller is not obligated to agree to the buyer's terms. If a seller posts a sign saying "I only accept goats as payment," that's perfectly legal. Granted, I think a gas station would have a hard time enforcing such a policy if it didn't restrict people who pumped their gas before offering payment. (In such a situation, they'd probably be better off forcing pre-payment in goats before allowing the pump to function.)
But the "we don't take larger than $20" thing is a pretty standard policy of many small businesses. If it's posted, it's a stated part of the terms of the sales contract, unless otherwise prohibited by law. If your friend attempted to depart the gas station with the gas in his tank without paying, he was stealing, plain and simple. And the gas station could take him to court to force him to settle said debt after the fact. (Although there, I'm not sure they could insist on small bills.)
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday January 10 2018, @04:39AM
The guy's willing to hand over $50 for less than $50 worth of gas and not get change back; as far as jerks go, it's not like he's hogging a pump, hitting on the cashier, or using all the paper towels or something.