Says right on it “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”, so I’m inclined to agree with your method. If the law says it’s legal tender they don’t really have the right to refuse to accept it. We have to put up with public accommodation laws, then the tyrants have to put up with us using cash, period.
Just because it’s legal tender doesn’t mean a company HAS to take it. The old $100 bill for a pack of gum test is the constant proof that business can say no to legal tender.
Agreed. I had a airline employee tell me that they get away with the ‘cashless’ scam because they take the money before there is a ‘debt’ ( a stretch in my opinion) but after one has eaten and the debt in fact exists, it would seem hard to argue with the notation on the currency. set it on the table and leave. Their ‘policy’ isn’t law.