tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1698838710013519307..comments2024-03-29T01:38:51.887-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Touch-screen kiosks that do not take cash will be the order at Shake Shack's Death Star branchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27417813022176496372017-10-08T20:24:33.662-04:002017-10-08T20:24:33.662-04:00What a pack of pretentious assholes is Shake Shack...What a pack of pretentious assholes is Shake Shack. I would not eat there if they paid me.Peachy McPeachfacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66844737218699316952017-10-05T16:12:34.915-04:002017-10-05T16:12:34.915-04:00this lawsuit case has me incredulous. some argumen...this lawsuit case has me incredulous. some arguments about having to accept legal tender + there is somewhat legitimate pro forma discrimination against the economically disadvantaged. but bc your business deal went sour? can you sue traffic for being late to work? K/d0https://www.blogger.com/profile/14863297481905130411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81798540041878237722017-10-05T15:43:44.515-04:002017-10-05T15:43:44.515-04:00This is not for the convenience of the customer or...This is not for the convenience of the customer or to enhance the customer experience. The cashless system moves people in - therefore out- faster, eliminates cashier pilfering, eliminates the need to go to the bank for bills and change, eliminates daily trips to deposit money, tracks more information on customers (including credit card data) and probably other financial benefits to the restaurant. There is no upside for the customer. Those who use apps, credit or debit cards, etc. will use them whether or not the restaurant accepts cash. Those who prefer to use cash will just go elsewhere (including Shake Shacks that haven't adopted this system).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37440049435237799222017-10-05T13:47:31.087-04:002017-10-05T13:47:31.087-04:00Anonymous 6:33--Actually, I am neither a senior ci...Anonymous 6:33--Actually, I am neither a senior citizen nor poor, and I pay cash. But I will admit to not being beautiful . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64168136427322860792017-10-04T19:29:08.954-04:002017-10-04T19:29:08.954-04:00Anonymous 11:58 here again--Anonymous 5:21, you...Anonymous 11:58 here again--Anonymous 5:21, you're right! I DID go to the Automat with my grandmother, and putting the nickels in the slots was indeed part of the magic. And at that time, the only credit card that I had ever seen was a sort of metal lozenge that my mother got from a few select department stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34720233969406479272017-10-04T18:33:37.707-04:002017-10-04T18:33:37.707-04:00You know who do not have credit cards and mostly p...You know who do not have credit cards and mostly pay with in cash? Most senior citizens and the poor. This is just a form of discrimination. And if you do look at the demographics of Shake Shack customers, it's mostly the young and beautiful, the tourists, transients, bourgeois and the bourgees, and the gascon. 1:51 p.m is a prime example of the latter<br /><br />As a kid having saved my allowances and putting them in a piggy bank, it was a delight when I would occasionally dip in to that piggy bank and walk to a McDs to get those golden fries and a shake. I suppose a kid today can not do that at this Shake Shack unless mommy and daddy are with him/her OR he/she has their own credit card already. <br /><br />1:51 p.m. and Shake Shack's stance on this basically is, if you don't have credit card or cannot afford the Shack, then go to McD. It's just another form of <i>If you on't like_____, then move to____.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91154003384365456562017-10-04T17:21:10.858-04:002017-10-04T17:21:10.858-04:00@11:58am: Well, I *can* remember: The last time I ...@11:58am: Well, I *can* remember: The last time I counted out nickels to pay for my meal was when I was a young kid eating at the Automat with my parents.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31034537272253425462017-10-04T16:21:18.831-04:002017-10-04T16:21:18.831-04:00I've hated all the 'trendy, overpriced'...I've hated all the 'trendy, overpriced' Shake Shacks and now can add this one to the list. Unfortunately the poor college kids have to pay for the user unfriendly experience for overpriced burgers and shakes. Cashless? Should be Priceless as in Free!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16400887094240859022017-10-04T15:54:47.043-04:002017-10-04T15:54:47.043-04:00Who closes a big business business deal over lunch...Who closes a big business business deal over lunch at Shake Shack? Pro tip: if you were going to close a big deal over a lunch, I'd recommend calling ahead to make sure they are open and accept cash. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71662565139541857452017-10-04T15:36:58.273-04:002017-10-04T15:36:58.273-04:00@12:42PM. Give it a rest. It's not the restaur...@12:42PM. Give it a rest. It's not the restaurant's responsibility to not fuck up your business deal. How is that a legitimate legal argument?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61287385156907844532017-10-04T12:42:11.992-04:002017-10-04T12:42:11.992-04:00Hey 1:37pm/9:30pm just shut up if you don't li...Hey 1:37pm/9:30pm just shut up if you don't like it.<br /><br />Lawyers? Layman? I think it's a legit lawsuit. Your no cash policy which 99.999% of businesses don't have made me look like an ass in front of my business client and cost me a business deal with him from me embarrassingly having to take him to another restaurant for lunch. I looked like an incompetent fool even though I had $300 cash in my pocket because of your obscure/rare policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21661273185620726682017-10-04T12:07:06.672-04:002017-10-04T12:07:06.672-04:00"Also-I'm super excited now that I know t..."Also-I'm super excited now that I know that I don't have to wait for you turds to count out your nickels to buy a $15 burger."<br /><br />Pro comment!<br /><br />Also, I'd bet that a lot of the people now pissing themselves over the "cashless society" (oooh boogie boogie!) where amongst those that pooh-poohed the idea way back when it was laughed at as a "conspiracy theory"! Duuuuuurrrr. Well, can't say we didn't warn ya! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85773263579967901442017-10-04T11:58:55.203-04:002017-10-04T11:58:55.203-04:00Although many people will not care that this busin...Although many people will not care that this business is cashless--or even welcome it--I believe that it is my choice as a consumer whether I wish to pay in cash or not. In these days of data breaches and a general lack of privacy, I prefer cash. I will not be patronizing Shake Shack, or any other business which does not accept legal US currency. <br /><br /> I'm sorry that Anonymous 1:51 considers me a crank. And I can't recall ever having counted out nickels in order to pay for my meal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49759961677063737862017-10-03T21:48:22.648-04:002017-10-03T21:48:22.648-04:00Regarding question about if there are grounds for ...Regarding question about if there are grounds for a lawsuit, perhaps the issue is discrimination?<br /> Not so much for an independent business ( one location) to eliminate cash for a specific reason but that a chain is discriminating against people likely not to have debit or credit cards? Poor people, old people?<br /><br />And also interesting decision - as others have pointed out - given the growing threat of hacking<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52725571321005292652017-10-03T21:30:24.658-04:002017-10-03T21:30:24.658-04:004:58
Just stop. 4:58<br />Just stop. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2819904514520552542017-10-03T16:58:03.516-04:002017-10-03T16:58:03.516-04:00You "can't even deal with this comment&qu...You "can't even deal with this comment" 1:37pm (12:34pm.) Well if you are not a lawyer, I wasn't asking for you to "deal with this comment" I was asking for what a lawyer/s thought hence "Any lawyers out there" Dumbo.<br /><br />Man takes a client to a restaurant which doesn't accept his credit card OR cash, doesn't know the place doesn't accept cash, loses a $100K business deal over the lunch not happening at that place and having to be moved elsewhere, has proof of reservation from the cashless place via Open Table - does he have grounds to sue the restaurant for the lost business deal? If you're a lawyer, please answer. If not feel free to answer with what your layman self thinks. If you can't "deal with this comment" buzz off as you add nothing to the convo. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71730901369964461992017-10-03T16:31:45.863-04:002017-10-03T16:31:45.863-04:00@1:33pm: Yes, Shake Shack is fast food, but fast ...@1:33pm: Yes, Shake Shack is fast food, but fast or slow - burger take-out or nice sit-down restaurant - the choice to pay in cold hard cash should ALWAYS be available.<br /><br />If a business chooses to go cashless, they are telling me to go away.<br /><br />Imagine K-Mart going cashless ... you can't, right? That's b/c they'd be out of business in a minute. Same for Duane Reade, etc.<br /><br />And I don't trust any place with my credit card info any more!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69888818294345098882017-10-03T15:50:32.897-04:002017-10-03T15:50:32.897-04:00"Personally, I can't wait for a shack bur..."Personally, I can't wait for a shack burger in the hood." <br />Dreams do come true.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16177840402418755812017-10-03T15:44:47.292-04:002017-10-03T15:44:47.292-04:00It makes me wonder how many of the posters in favo...It makes me wonder how many of the posters in favor of this new approach to paying for burgers (and everything else) will end up in Debtors Anonymous in 10 years. No matter how much money one has, it's never a good idea to spend money mindlessly and that's what this system encourages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17512184837084414342017-10-03T14:15:32.271-04:002017-10-03T14:15:32.271-04:00@Giovanni: EXACTLY right on all points you made!
...@Giovanni: EXACTLY right on all points you made!<br /><br />I now pay cash for everything possible, b/c I'm not interested in being tracked by pizza places, hamburger joints, drug stores, stationery stores, pet food stores, etc.<br /><br />And I sure as hell don't want either Danny Meyer OR Equifax to have any further details on me than they already have.<br /><br />But hell, yeah, this is demographic cleansing - out with the old & poor, but bro's are ALWAYS welcome. Ugh!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77988391224640237962017-10-03T13:51:25.420-04:002017-10-03T13:51:25.420-04:00Sweetgreen around the corner is also cashless you ...Sweetgreen around the corner is also cashless you cranks. Personally, I can't wait for a shack burger in the hood. Also-I'm super excited now that I know that I don't have to wait for you turds to count out your nickels to buy a $15 burger. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12470802385215182892017-10-03T13:37:08.625-04:002017-10-03T13:37:08.625-04:00@12:34, I can't even deal with this comment. A...@12:34, I can't even deal with this comment. As to the rest of you, for every 1 person here who says "Not me" there are 100 who won't give a flying you-know-what. And that's the bottom line. Pun intended. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3201137121692357722017-10-03T13:33:04.755-04:002017-10-03T13:33:04.755-04:00Lots of people used cash for privacy purposes or t...Lots of people used cash for privacy purposes or to limit the use of debit cards to make tracking potential ID theft problems much easier. Just look at the most recent data breach by the credit bureaus. I agree with everyone here, the cashless policy is discriminatory. At the end of the day, Shake Shack remains 'fast food' and you should be permitted to pay cash for it. It's the same reason why I won't give my card over to any chain stores. They are irresponsible with the info. Not that I was planning on eating here, but still. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19903862268854919912017-10-03T12:35:33.154-04:002017-10-03T12:35:33.154-04:00No cash is a signal - keeps out old people
One mo...No cash is a signal - keeps out old people<br /><br />One more step in Bloomberg aim of demographic cleansing of NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26218027250973636152017-10-03T12:34:45.087-04:002017-10-03T12:34:45.087-04:00Could Shake Shack or any other restaurant or retai...Could Shake Shack or any other restaurant or retail business be sued for not taking cash? Any lawyers out there?<br /><br />Let's say you take a business client to lunch at a restaurant (reservations made for the quietest most private table), know they don't take your American Express card, and upon arrival find out the restaurant doesn't take cash either (even though you have $300 cash on you, more than enough for the cost of the lunch.) You are not only humiliated by taking the client to this place then having to find another suitable place but you lose the client who literally emails you "I don't do business with a guy who doesn't have a Visa or MasterCard when he invites me to a business lunch." You lose a $100K business deal over this. Do you have grounds to sue the restaurant?<br /><br />The restaurant's lawyer could/would probably argue you should've checked to see if the restaurant took cash but your lawyer could counter than 99% or more NYC restaurants take cash, right down to presenting a list of restaurants within a ten block radius of this one and showing none of them refuse cash, so it was not negligence let alone unreasonable for the plaintiff to presume the restaurant took cash, especially if the place accepted cash in the past.<br /><br />Bottom line is a restaurant's severe/rare policy helped cost someone a business deal. Does the plaintiff have grounds to sue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com