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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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You are deeply attached to your friends and acquaintances.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:47PM (1 child)
Just make the tip mandatory and then everyone wins!
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 09 2018, @11:15PM
Not everyone deserves to make a livable wage for waiting tables. Some people are so shitty they deserve less than they're being paid by their employer even.
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