LAWYER: When Stores Reject Your Cash — Do THIS to Pay Anyway

When you walk up to a register, pull out cash, and the cashier looks at you and says we do not accept cash, cards only, almost every person does the same thing. They put the cash back. They reach for their card. They pay the way the store wants them to pay without asking a single question. Because it feels like store policy and store policy feels non-negotiable. Because there is a line behind you. Because the cashier said it with the confidence of someone who says it twenty times a day and expects no pushback.