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I'd love to see what happens if I eat a meal, then say, "Sorry, I only have cash." They can be mad about it, but I don't think I'm breaking any laws by not hav
by function_seven 4y ago
I'd love to see what happens if I eat a meal, then say, "Sorry, I only have cash."
They can be mad about it, but I don't think I'm breaking any laws by not having their preferred payment method to pay that debt, right? They can even ban me from the restaurant but—for that meal—I can't get charged with theft of services (or whatever the innkeeper laws are that relate to this situation)
- showerst 4y agoThe ones I’ve seen that don’t take cash are fast food where you don’t get your meal until after paying. Sweetgreen, for example.
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoMight depend on if there was clear notification before ordering your meal that they don't accept cash. In that case, you've incurred a debt that you knew you would be unable to pay. That might be some sort of fraud but it probably varies by jurisdiction.
- Eisenstein 4y agoThey must either take the cash or forgive the debt, no matter what the sign says. If they don't want cash they shouldn't have served you food until they got their preferred payment method, in which case you could just walk out without having eaten and owe them nothing. Since they decided to serve you, then you now owe them money, which you must be allowed to pay back in cash with US currency. This rule is written on the face of the currency itself.
- hyperhopper 4y agoNotification doesn't hold more weight than what is written on your dollar bill: "All debts, public or private"