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BIZNOTE: West Seattle’s Taco Time remodels, bans cash

June 12, 2023 3:19 pm
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We’ve been getting questions/tips about two changes at West Seattle’s Taco Time restaurant (3500 SW Avalon Way). We’ve had inquiries out to Taco Time Northwest‘s corporate headquarters and got some info today. First, they’ve closed their interior seating temporarily for what a spokesperson calls a “simple remodel.” She’s still waiting for information on how long the work is supposed to last. The drive-through remains open, which is how customers learned about this: They’re no longer accepting cash.

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Signage says they’re refusing because of burglaries, and the Taco Time NW spokesperson affirms that, saying this is the only location in their regional chain with this policy: “We accept cash at all locations except West Seattle due to several recent break-ins. Our priority is employee safety, and this temporary measure helps mitigate risks at this location.” (We reported on one break-in back in late April.)

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98 Replies to "BIZNOTE: West Seattle's Taco Time remodels, bans cash"

  • Rhonda June 12, 2023 (3:47 pm)

    Any business that bans cash should lose their business license. Many people don’t have debit cards and can’t get credit cards. Cash is the most basic, consistent form of legal tender. This is a defacto attack on low income and vulnerable populations in West Seattle and we shouldn’t allow this to spread. A bill in Olympia to stop this failed last session. Call your representatives.

    • Ivan Weiss June 12, 2023 (4:48 pm)

      For once I’m with Rhonda, 100 percent, for all the same reasons.

    • Q June 12, 2023 (5:19 pm)

      There’s a lot of businesses that do not accept cash but card only. Also vice versa. If this were a grocery store I would say you have a valid complaint. But as it being Taco Time I will tell you that low income and vulnerable people as you say are not the least not worried about not eating at a location because they do not accept cash tender. They have a lot more pressing needs and do what anyone else would do, go spend their hard earned cash somewhere else

    • Erik June 12, 2023 (5:29 pm)

      Wow. Chill dude. You don’t need to contact your local legislator just because Taco Time doesn’t take cash. I don’t know a single person personally who doesn’t have a debit card. Free checking is ubiquitous and it doesn’t matter your income level. You can still get one…I am all for any business that wants to protect its workers this way. If you don’t like it, use a card like everyone else that has joined the 21st century…

      • Skye June 13, 2023 (11:08 pm)

        Research & Facts by the New York Times“Businesses that refuse cash put at a disadvantage people who lack traditional bank accounts or can’t qualify for credit cards, consumer advocates say. About one-fourth of American adults were unbanked or underbanked in 2019 — meaning they lacked a bank account or had one but also used alternatives like check-cashing services, the Federal Reserve found. Those consumers are more likely to be in a racial or ethnic minority group, have lower incomes and be less educated.”

    • Dp June 12, 2023 (5:32 pm)

      They have every right to do that. During COVID a lot of businesses went to no cash. Get over it!!!!

    • Jennifer June 12, 2023 (5:33 pm)

      I agree 

    • Get A Grip June 12, 2023 (5:45 pm)

      Performative outrage and textbook virtue signalling on your part Rhonda.  This local business feels a pressing need to take drastic action to ensure the safety of their employees.  Your strident call for action to preserve the god-given right of “low income and vulnerable people” to eat at this particular taco time is frankly ridiculous.  Your lack of compassion for the employees who are being placed in life-threatening situations over a few crumpled dollar bills and your insistence that they be legally required to continue to do so is nothing short of shameful.

    • Dan June 12, 2023 (5:46 pm)

      Prepaid cards should do just fine. Problem solved. 

      • Cindy June 12, 2023 (7:04 pm)

        The fees on those are bonkers.

      • John June 12, 2023 (10:25 pm)

        The homeless, the poor, the downtrodden can jaywalk right across the street to 7-11 and put their cash on a prepaid cashcard, and jaywalk right back over to Taco Time and buy their delicious but expensive food. 

      • TW June 12, 2023 (10:38 pm)

        Our state is handing out immigrant Visa cards, snap cards, with lots of money loaded for people to spend money, and also a lot of folks pay cash. A local cashier here 

    • Anne June 12, 2023 (6:40 pm)

      No they shouldn’t -no it’s not an attack on anyone-it’s a business trying to stay afloat-more importantly making their employees safety a priority. I for one applaud them. Don’t like it-go elsewhere. I’ll definitely be calling my representatives to tell them to allow no cash policies for businesses who deem it necessary .

    • Stefon June 12, 2023 (7:06 pm)

      True. Sign of the times, but soon a cashless society. To make a penny costs more than 1 cent. Must be part of the system to take part in the system. Cash is just a medium of exchange and was created to enhance the speed of bartering. Obviously, the issue and grunting here is much more than taco time removing cash. Maybe a better society that punishes the thrives to the point where the cost to steal outweighs the choice to steal. We should go back to public shaming. The cost to steal has no consequences that enforces a large enough negative feedback. The cost though the digital banking system (DBS) is costly. That’s why BTC and crypto is a system that is an alternative vs. the DBS. The problem is not enough acceptance. This is the way.

    • SpencerGT June 12, 2023 (8:56 pm)

      I suppose one could not shop there.

    • Mack June 13, 2023 (10:15 am)

      The future is cashless. Debit cards and cashless apps are the future of payments. They are more secure than cash, and they offer a number of benefits, such as fraud protection and rewards programs. I do not feel safe walking around with cash. People have died being rodded or mugged over a few dollars, no one is going to die because a business is cashless. We should consider the need of safety first, not the want of fast food. I do not believe that businesses should lose their business license if they ban cash. However, I do believe that they should make it clear to customers that they do not accept cash before they make a purchase. This would give customers the opportunity to decide whether or not they want to do business with a company that does not accept cash.

    • Rachel June 13, 2023 (12:39 pm)

      Sorry Rhonda but, there are many reasons to go cashless and it is not an attack on the low income or the homeless. One, is a safety factor. I avoid carrying cash on me because if I am robbed that cash is gone. If I use a card and I am robbed, the bank will replace that card and most likely replace the money in my account. I quit carrying cash over a decade ago for this very reason. There is no federal law that states that a buisness MUST accept cash. 

    • LocalBiz June 13, 2023 (2:14 pm)

      Just an FYI, King County operates facilities that do not take cash, so until they are mandated to accept cash, local businesses should be able to follow the countys lead.

    • Skye June 13, 2023 (10:42 pm)

      Absolutely! Ban on cash for any business is pure discrimination. Not every body has a credit card, can afford to be un debt, nor chooses to live a life on a credit card. 

    • JW June 15, 2023 (5:20 pm)

      Rhonda, I assume you don’t have a 16 year old just acquiring his first summer job! Most of the employees are teens or young adults. Bravo to Taco Time for rationally looking out for the safety of their employees. Not to mention the revenue Taco Time is loosing by keeping it to a card based payment form. Shame on you Rhonda!

  • Justin June 12, 2023 (4:13 pm)

    They better get ready for a law suit.  Cash is legal tender.  Someone will eventually file suit.  

  • HS June 12, 2023 (4:34 pm)

    There are other businesses in WS that no longer accept cash. Uptown espresso is an example.

    • Ferns June 12, 2023 (5:12 pm)

      And a la mode pies WS due to break-ins. 

  • Boinsted June 12, 2023 (4:39 pm)

    At their prices your NEED a credit card! So expensive. 

  • susie June 12, 2023 (4:44 pm)

    Looks like its time to just go to the grocery store and buy the fixings for that soft taco and tater-tots and it’ll probably  save you a whole lot of money instead of complaining about the safety of their employees.

    • susie June 12, 2023 (5:54 pm)

      Meant to say, at least Taco Time IS CONCERNED for the safety of their EE’s
      Anyways there is one in WC and also Burien that you can go to.

  • KWest Seattle June 12, 2023 (4:52 pm)

    Are people really that upset that a business is doing what it has to in order not to be targeted by thieves? I am just upset that our area has so much crime going on, even compared to other areas in Seattle metro, that they feel like they have to take extra measures. 

  • Auntie June 12, 2023 (5:02 pm)

    I’d like to see the reports of them being targeted by thieves. I see a record of one break-in, that’s it. I think this is just the next step in non-service that they are providing. Last time I went there, not one employee even made eye contact with me. I had to order on a screen, pay at the screen and when my food came out, the employee who handed it to me still didn’t make eye contact or say something like, “thank you,” or the ubiquitous “have a nice day.” Just poked the bag in my direction and turned away. Nice, Taco Time – real nice Northwest friendliness. /s

    • Rhonda June 12, 2023 (5:35 pm)

      You’re EXACTLY right. This is similar to McDonald’s and Taco Bell requiring inside customers to be their own cashiers.

  • anonyme June 12, 2023 (5:24 pm)

    Yet another confirmation that Seattle has become a city dominated by criminals.  Next, decent people will have a curfew so that they (criminals) can own the streets entirely.  Why are we the ones being driven into cages due to rampant and uncontrolled criminal behavior?  I also agree with Rhonda that cash is legal tender.  There are already a number of challenges to ‘no cash’ policies in various places around the Seattle area and for good reason.  It is a highly discriminatory practice.

    • Mr J June 12, 2023 (9:50 pm)

      Hyperbole much??? 

    • Rick June 13, 2023 (9:21 am)

      Never thought I’d miss Kansas.

  • Gaslit June 12, 2023 (5:35 pm)

    For all posters trying to tell this restaurant that they should close down due to a simple business decision. It is their right to run their restaurant how they want to, and your right to choose to eat elsewhere. Tell me how this is any different from a business that doesn’t accept credit card payments. This is the beauty of freedom, enjoy it. 

    • Rhonda June 12, 2023 (9:06 pm)

      Actually, no, licensed business owners can’t run their businesses the way they want to. They have to be ADA compatible, they can’t discriminate and refuse to serve based on sex, age, race, religion, etc. They have to provide the going minimum wage to their employees, provide a safe environment for customers and employees, follow stringent food-handling regulations, and a long list of other items. Frankly, I’m VERY glad business owners cannot run their businesses the way they want. That’s was done before the Civil Rights Movement and, if you recall, it didn’t go well at all.

      • Amy June 13, 2023 (8:09 pm)

        Yes, businesses have to follow certain laws, none of which they are required to take cash as a form of payment. 

  • Buttercup June 12, 2023 (5:37 pm)

    Hurrah to Taco Time for protecting their employees and business. If people don’t have a bank issued debit card they can always purchase a pre paid card. Safer to do this than walk around with cash on hand.

  • Prepaid June 12, 2023 (5:46 pm)

    If you don’t have access to a debit or crefit card, couldn’t you take the cash that you do have and go to Safeway and buy a prepaid Visa gift card that would then work at Taco Time? (I know there are some fees with those type of cards but it does provide a workaround.)

  • PSPS June 12, 2023 (5:47 pm)

    I guess that’s one way to keep “those people” away.

    • flimflam June 12, 2023 (11:25 pm)

      Who, criminals?

  • Peter June 12, 2023 (5:51 pm)

    Several people are complaining that this is targeting the poor and unbanked/uncarded, but much like the King County Council, none of those people are proposing any solutions to those underlying issues, so I think they’re complaining about the wrong thing. There are good reasons for a business not to accept cash. Crime is mentioned in the story and can’t be understated considering how understaffed SPD is, but cash also creates counting (and accounting) errors and takes up a lot of employee time. Handling cash is a significant expense in itself. Cash is also extremely unsanitary, which makes it particularly undesirable in food service. My final point: Taco Time is gross, just say no to junk food. 

  • Scooterista June 12, 2023 (5:59 pm)

    As someone who works in a public-facing business which is vulnerable to theft and burglary, I commend Taco Time for doing what it can to keep its employees and customers as safe as they can in the current circumstances. Human lives are more important than which form of payment I can use and I appreciate that they made this call. They will be getting more business from me, for sure.

    • Auntie June 12, 2023 (6:40 pm)

      But what are they keeping us all safe from? Not one robbery or assault reported – just one break-in, after hours, which affected no employees nor customers. And the only time an employee comes out of the back, is to toss a bag of food on the counter. Again, I think it is just the next step in non-service on the part of Taco Time.

      • Marina June 12, 2023 (9:11 pm)

        Oh good lord, do you really think you’d know about every instance a business was broken into or an employee or customer was assaulted? I’m a closer at Uptown and we also don’t accept cash. In the past 6 months, I’ve had three instances of people trying to break in while I was closing. The last one happened last night. Just because I don’t tell WSB or local TV media about it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Maybe go to Taco Time and ask the employees if they feel comfortable telling you how often their lives were in danger? 

  • brad smith June 12, 2023 (6:08 pm)

    There are NO employeee’s in that taco time. just a screen. ZERO human interaction, I hate it .  Also, the dining room is always very dirty. I’ve quit going to any Taco time. 

    • Kravitz June 12, 2023 (7:07 pm)

      Good grief, Brad. How the heck do you think your food is made to order, the Taco-Tastic 3000? There are plenty of employees working there to make your meals – cash, no cash, or otherwise. Thanks for the laugh, though.

      • Karena June 13, 2023 (1:21 am)

        Oh I want a Taco-Tastic 3000.

    • Lola June 13, 2023 (10:17 am)

      Brad Smith,  When I go to this Taco Time I order thru the drive thru then pull up to the window where I see at least 5 to 6 employee’s thru the window.  One takes my card for purchase, one is makinging my food, one is bagging my food.  Then I see some of them at the front cash register and some are over at tables clearing away trays that people have left.  I never go in and I see at least 5 to 6 employees.  Maybe you go very late at night not sure??

  • Lucy June 12, 2023 (6:12 pm)

    As soon as cash is outlawed, only outlaws will use cash.  

    • Adam June 12, 2023 (10:38 pm)

      Super award-winning comment of the day

  • CommonCents June 12, 2023 (6:30 pm)

    Instead of forcing businesses (including small businesses) to accept cash, maybe a better idea would be to make banking easier for those individuals who don’t currently have access. Our government could help by making it easier to get an ID, for example, and I wouldn’t object to regulating transaction fees and keeping a short leash on the credit card companies. Don’t put the burden on the smaller businesses or the frontline workers that need to deal with the cash and the crime.

    • Jay June 13, 2023 (11:34 am)

      The Post Office used to offer banking services to anyone, and it’s something that needs to be brought back. Any homeless person could have a checking account, debit card, and mailing address.

  • Ookla the Mok June 12, 2023 (6:54 pm)

    I love how concerned Seattleites get about low income people when it comes to credit card only at fast food, but lose their minds over an RV parked along Harbor Ave.  

  • Westwood resident June 12, 2023 (7:06 pm)

    People need to remember that cash is a huge liability to businesses now.  High cash businesses are a target for thieves, which if they keep robbing they will either raise prices or shut down.  Besides the security risk, cash businesses have to process all that cash which can be time consuming and costly.  

  • Rhonda June 12, 2023 (7:20 pm)

    https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/3809233-seattle-area-lawmaker-introduces-legislation-to-ban-cashless-retailers/

  • Asking for a friend June 12, 2023 (7:22 pm)

    Since Taco Time now has the inside dining area closed how can a person who doesn’t drive order food? Can they walk up to the window at the drive through?

    • Erin98126 June 12, 2023 (8:41 pm)

      Order from their app and you can pick up just inside their door. And you’ll get a free meal after making a certain number of purchases. Oh! But you’ll have to use a credit or debit card to pay via the app. I suppose this makes their app discriminatory, too…

    • Lola June 13, 2023 (7:46 am)

      Asking for a friend,You can order your food in the app.  You do not have to walk thru the drive-thru. 

  • Joel Babcock June 12, 2023 (7:52 pm)

    Just one more step towards Central Bank Digital Currency. When that happens, the government will be aware of what you purchase, when you purchase, why you purchase, should you be allowed to purchase. The frog is in the water. And it’s heating up. Any of you aware of that? 

    • Gaslit June 12, 2023 (8:48 pm)

      I agree 100% with your concerns. I do think this is simply the store employees feeling completely unsafe handling the cash. 

    • WS Res June 12, 2023 (10:00 pm)

      Fortunately, the grocery still accepts cash for tinfoil.

  • Maybe Not? June 12, 2023 (7:58 pm)

    I’m most surprised by the WSB for using what kinda amounts to a sensational headline. Bans cash? Eh, let’s peddle back. Your own reporting rendered it “temporary.”

    • WSB June 12, 2023 (8:15 pm)

      No, the remodeling semi-closure is temporary, not the cash ban. “They’ve closed their interior seating temporarily”

      • Maybe Not? June 12, 2023 (8:19 pm)

        Per the Taco Time Rep/Posted in the original article – “We accept cash at all locations except West Seattle due to several recent break-ins. Our priority is employee safety, and this temporary measure helps mitigate risks at this location.”To be fair, maybe the ‘measure’ was closing the interior/remodeling. I just read it as the cash was temporary. 

      • Marina June 12, 2023 (9:04 pm)

        I also read the last quote as a temporary cash ban:

        “We accept cash at all locations except West Seattle due to several recent break-ins. Our priority is employee safety, and this temporary measure helps mitigate risks at this location.”

        Is that right?

        • WSB June 12, 2023 (9:48 pm)

          That’s what the corporate spokesperson said, although there was no hint of a duration or conditions under which it would be lifted. Nonetheless, the word “ban,” which was the previous commenter’s bone to pick, still applies. Its definition does not include an implication of permanence.
          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ban
          I am usually the world’s most boring headline writer but this seemed slightly sharper than ‘stops accepting’

  • Neil June 12, 2023 (8:37 pm)

    If you realize, if they would ban cash everywhere then some of these people would not be able to buy their single alcohol or their drugs. Not using cash has a big advantage of keeping drugs and alcoholics off the street. I understand it is hard to use a card if you are one of these less fortunate. And there are certain places that only take cash because they are not funded by the government. I’m just stressing the fact that as a person working in an industry where there are a lot of people begging for cash so they can buy their drugs and alcohol. Not having cash definitely would make me feel safer yet I don’t see that happening all over the place for anytime soon.

    • K June 12, 2023 (10:01 pm)

      Addiction exists in places with barter economies.  Addicts in America barter for drugs and alcohol.

      • KG June 14, 2023 (3:10 am)

        Even with government-funded EBT (a very-necessary form of payment). ALL economies (legal or not) will always find their own currency. 

  • Mr J June 12, 2023 (9:52 pm)

    Worth mentioning is that counterfeit is really good. The pens no longer work and you need a fancy scanner like True Value to detect fraudulent bills. 

  • anonyme June 13, 2023 (5:52 am)

    For those who believe that credit or debit cards are safer, think again.  I’ve had my credit card info stolen twice in just the last few years, despite the cards never being either out of my sight or possession.  For anyone this has happened to, you know what a mess it is to go through.  Businesses are happy to accept any card that clears, even if obviously stolen, as they get their money no matter what.  Additionally, in the last two years alone, I’ve received 7 notices of data breaches, by Equifax, multiple government agencies, and other websites.  Know who really benefits from the trend toward a cashless society?  Banks and credit card companies – not consumers.

  • aa June 13, 2023 (7:29 am)

    I haven’t been there since the no cash sign went up. My only request, if they haven’t done it already, is to post a sign at the beginning of the drive through when there is still a chance to exit.  That drive through line can be slow and I’d b pissed if I didn’t find out until it was too late and had to sit there.  Other than that I am not here to judge what a business decides to do.  The fact that this is the only location make me think they have reason to believe this change is warranted.  The increase in crime and violence is causing many of us to find new ways to stay safe and we’re all just trying to figure it out.

  • Bmc June 13, 2023 (7:40 am)

    I love Taco Time and this one especially. Always pay with a card -airline mileage – in the drive through u can see many employees in back – the food is great, fairly healthy, green and the employees are great. Give them a break. Wallingford TT has much higher prices by the way. Apple or Google Pay – yeah I’m a senior and use those.

  • Ngoc Ngyuen June 13, 2023 (8:06 am)

    In 2023 we continue to see changes that we could not see coming in in 2000. Changes within society and government will always evolve. We need to adopt to the cultural standards that we created in one way or another.   

  • Liz O June 13, 2023 (8:24 am)

    I have a teen daughter who works at taco time. Thank you to the company for making the change. Hopefully this deters the reason why they had to do it. 

  • April June 13, 2023 (9:43 am)

    WOW! Punishing the poor. If you don’t except cash then you don’t deserve to be in business! I agree with Rhonda!

    • SmallBizOwner June 13, 2023 (2:37 pm)

      Than don’t go to the county owned T-Mobile Park to watch a Mariners game, ’cause they dont take cash either. This is a county owned facility, so if the don’t have to take cash, why should Taco Time? And I am pretty sure no on is breaking into T-Mobile Park, so I would love to know why they can do it while the county council is thinking of making small business take cash.

      • froggy14 June 15, 2023 (8:52 am)

        Our friends treated us to a Mariners game this week.  I shoved $50/cash in my pocket, knowing I could not take my purse into the stadium because it was bigger than 6″ x 4″ (and not clear plastic) and the stupid pants I wore had a silly little pocket that a credit card could not fit into..  I went to purchase beers and a couple treats for my friends as a thank you for bringing us.  I was so embarrassed when I went to pay for the freshly poured beers – they do not accept cash at the stadium!  The server said there was a machine half way across the stadium that I could exchange my cash for a debit card.  Thankfully, a guy behind me in line said he would use his card and I could repay him with my cash.   He did not have change, so he made $6 extra for saving me the hassle of finding the cash-to-card machine which would have taken 10 minutes to walk to and then another 10 minutes to get back to my seating area and wait in line again.

  • Robert June 13, 2023 (10:25 am)

    It is what it is, and it’s not all that surprising. 

  • shotinthefoot June 13, 2023 (11:03 am)

    I miss Taco Time, and haven’t been in ages due to how frequently/prohibitively busy the drive through is. Now that y’all are mad about cash, maybe it will be less busy and easier for me to get my fix. 

  • RLV June 13, 2023 (11:07 am)

    They’re a business, dependent on earning money. The only impact you have on their policy is deciding whether or not you want buy food there and give them money. No amount of complaining online is going to change that policy. You are not required to eat at Taco Time. If you want to use cash, go to another business that lets you do so. There are plenty of restaurants and delis who accept cash and would surely like your support.If this change is a problem for enough people, the restaurant will see that impact on their sales and then consider changing the policy. 

  • Jay June 13, 2023 (11:37 am)

    People in the comments need to have empathy for the front line workers who keep getting robbed. Next time you eat fast food look the cashier in the eye and them that a gun in their face every couple months is worth it for the convenience of using cash. I don’t think you can do it. Just picture the folk’s you’re talking about as human beings.

  • ttt June 13, 2023 (12:16 pm)

    Last week my taco time phone app wouldn’t work so they took my cash- it is just not their preference. It is so they don’t have robberies for cash. sad times.

  • MM June 13, 2023 (12:17 pm)

    I Love Taco Time!  Anytime is Taco Time – Just happy they aren’t closing. 

  • Admiral-2009 June 13, 2023 (1:35 pm)

    Elimination of cash on site significantly reduces the risk of being robbed and I suspect streamlines accounting.  Maybe a middle ground would be based on the size of the use, say any commercial grocery/drugstore facility greater than 10,000 sf must accept cash?

  • Crystal June 13, 2023 (6:43 pm)

    Look at your paper money.  It has a statement: “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.”  How is it legal for public or private vendors to refuse cash?

    • momosmom June 13, 2023 (8:35 pm)

      “How is it legal for public or private vendors to refuse cash?”     Because they chose to be cash-less for the safety of their employees and to just not have a reason to be robbed of that days income/business. And anyone can have a debit/credit card poor or not, it’s all up to them on how they handle their finances/income whether they have it to be able to use. If you abuse it, it gets taken/closed down by the bank/credit union. This is not a defacto attack on low income and vulnerable populations in West Seattle.

    • WSresident June 13, 2023 (9:12 pm)

      Your statement ignores the definition of “debt”. “Legal tender” is only required to be accepted in the terms of debt. To understand why Taco Time isn’t required to accept cash, you have to understand the difference between a “debtor” and “contract law”. Taco Time doesn’t take on debt that requires payment. The contract law is defined as an agreed upon exchange of goods (food) for currency (debit card transaction) between two parties. Thus, if a Taco Time customer signed a contract to pay for their burrito combo meal in 4 equal payments, Taco Time would be a debtor. And this required to accept legal tender. 

  • 22blades June 17, 2023 (5:36 pm)

    I would not want to put my staff in an unsafe predicament. As the company stated, it’s not a part of thier business model but a site specific, temporary solution. The alternative? They close the location putting employees on the street (don’t think it wasn’t discussed). I understand the inequity issue, BUT, no worker or customer should feel unsafe going to there much less injured or killed.

  • Generation X June 18, 2023 (11:56 am)

    Wondering what happended to the Payment Choice Act (H.R. 4395).  All I can find online is that is passed the House in 2022. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4395/text Is it dead in the water?  Would it apply here?  Anyone have any knowledge of this?   I just left the laundromat on 35th that said they are also eliminating all cash.  Requiring that you download an app.  This is getting ridiculous.  I can’t go to a Kraken game without an app, can’t use the free bus tickets to the Kraken game without an app, need an app to order at some restaurants and now can’t even use a local laundromat?   Geesh, I don’t even own a smart phone.  I used to say that living in the 80s kept me young but now I guess it keeps from doing just about anything.

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