Keith in Iowa: No.... See: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1120208723965
Non Sequitur.
Think what you wish...
Fact is, a business is free not to accept the payment as illustrated in the story, or, if they accept the payment, they are free to extract the cost of doing so from the idiot making the stunt payment.
Fine, but they care nothing of your opinion, and there's no reason they should. I hope they send him a nice surcharge for their processing costs on his next bill.