The servers prefer you to leave cash as well, b/c it’s not automatically declared like the CC receipts are.
Fridays in Addison, TX is using this new format from Micros. It’s actually a pretty cool deal for the customer and the server. Each server had a hand-micros, ear-piece, and microphone. It cuts down the time the server is away from your table, especially if he/she is busy, and allows him to radio for help if he gets in the weeds. I was impressed by it.
Last month, I used my debit card in Kamiah, Idaho, to buy and ID fishing license. A few days later, in Elk City, ID, I tried to buy a t-shirt. It was denied. Ditto at the town’s only gas station a few minutes later. Went back to the cabin and called my bank in Florida. The lady asked me if I was in NYC. When I said no, I’m in the back country in Idaho, she asked me if my wife was in NYC. I told her no, she’s sitting right across the table from me. Some weasel had taken $802 out of my account in South Florida. The money was restored within 48 hours, but I couldn’t get a new card until we returned to Florida. The next day at the bank, the manager told me that mine was the sixth case that week from that same branch.