Cashless Businesses

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They're banning it up north. I dont remember where I saw it (I'll try and find it), but one of the business owners for cashless systems were saying they were doing it not for them but their employees. Said they didnt want them having the risk of being robbed and they didnt wanna have to fire anyone because the register came up short lol.
If you ask me, the most obvious answer is owners dont want cash cuz its less work for them and thats less time an employee not on salary has to stay clocked in to count money, which is lower payroll. Basically more white owner nonsense to fuck the employees ,so they can then turn around later and complain that the people theyre ripping cant afford to buy their overpriced shit.

Article from early this year

New York says don't ditch your cash: City is latest to ban cashless restaurants, stores

New York is the latest city to pass a law banning businesses from refusing to accept cash. It joins Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Jersey.

www.usatoday.com

New York became the latest city to tell businesses they must accept cash.

The bill, which prevents most retailers from refusing to accept cash or charging customers more if they use it, was approved by the city council Thursday.

“No longer in New York City will brick-and-mortar businesses have the right to refuse cash and effectively discriminate against customers who lack access to credit and debit,'' Ritchie Torres, the bill's chief sponsor said in an emailed statement. "The marketplace of the future must accommodate the needs of vulnerable New Yorkers."

The law will go into effect nine months after it is signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who supports it.

New York joins Philadelphia, San Francisco and the state of New Jersey in passing legislation that lawmakers say will prevent businesses from enacting policies that shut out the millions of Americans who don't have a bank account, lack credit cards or don't have photo identification.

Some change their minds about cash

Some companies that had gone cash-free have reversed course.

Sweetgreen, the salad restaurant chain that went cashless in 2017, planned to start accepting hard currency again at all of its locations by the end of 2019.

“Going cashless ... had the unintended consequence of excluding those who prefer to pay, or can only pay, with cash,'' the company said in a statement. "Ultimately, we have realized that while being cashless has advantages, today it is not the right solution to fulfill our mission.”

Meanwhile, Amazon, which was instrumental in launching the digital economy, has said its Amazon Go stores will all eventually accept cash and its locations in San Francisco and New York City already do.

New York's law comes on the heels of Philadelphia's ban, which took effect in October. New Jersey began requiring businesses to accept cash in March, and San Francisco passed a similar law in May. Massachusetts has prohibited cashless merchants for more than four decades.

Some New York business owners said having to take cash could be a hardship.

“Using cash just slows us down,’’ says Michael Ryan, owner of Flip Siqi, a taqueria in the West Village section of Manhattan.

The restaurant has been cashless since it opened four years ago, and Ryan says that he's been able to accommodate more customers since lines move quickly when they pay with the swipe of a card.

Cash on the premises invites thieves, says Ryan, who was robbed five times at restaurants he previously owned. And he estimates he’d have to add another 20 hours a week to his crew’s schedule to deal with counting dollars and going back and forth to the bank.

But eventually, he believes, the law might become moot.

"It will be phased out,'' he says, "because no one’s using cash anymore.''