Should a Texas-based pizza chain accept pesos as a form of payment?

Question

A Texas-based pizza chain has come under fire recently for accepting pesos as a form of payment in addition to US currency. What I want to know is, what do you think of this? Do you agree with their stance or not? Btw, the pizza chain in question has a large number of hispanic customers, and any prospective worker(I think it's just the managers though, I could be wrong)is required to be bilingual in both Spanish and English languages.

Ken, are you referring to me? First off, if you would think before you typed your answer, you'd realize that I'm a WOMAN, not a man, if you looked up at my avatar, yep a woman who ISN'T a 'fat assed red neck racist without a life... a sad little texan fat man.' like you falsely accused me of being. If you don't really care about this like you're claiming to be, then you didn't have to answer this question you stupid a**hole, YOU chose to answer it. How's about you do yourself a favor for once and quit being an a**hole, you lousy excuse for a man.

Besides, Ken, if you're so smart then maybe you should actually ANSWER the question with out making false claims as to who I am as a person. I ACTUALLY submitted this question with the intent of wanting to know what other people thought of this situation, knowing full well that some would either agree or disagree with it, hell even some would be indifferent about it, but chose to answer it anyhow. The only person with the muddled thinking and the pea brain here is YOU if you're falsely accusing me of being bothered that a pizza chain has a large number of hispanic customers, having a diet that consists of pizzas and kool aid(the last time I had kool aid was in MIDDLE SCHOOL...I've since graduated from college much to your dismay), a red-neck racist bigot who needs to do myself a favour and stay out of pizza parlours, get on the scales, and stop being in denial.

One more thing, it DOES NOT bother me that Mexicans are paying for their pizzas in pesos, IN FACT, I think it's great that this chain is accepting pesos in addition to U.S. money. It's about damn time someone had the backbone to stand up and counter the nativist mentality that's been stinking up this country as of late. It DOES NOT bother me that the pizza chain has a large number of hispanic customers because first of all, I DO NOT LIVE IN TEXAS, I live in New Jersey(too bad you were stupid enough to claim that I was from that state). It seems to me that YOU'RE the one who's bothered by it more than you claim that I am, but then again, I wouldn't know because I was being just as stupid as you were being when you posted that sorry excuse for an answer. Then again, you can't help it because you pretty much were born with your foot in your mouth.

az, I am very WELL AWARE that it's their chain and that it's THEIR business. I wanted to know what your OPINION on this was. Read the details.

Ken, I'm angry because YOU'RE FALSELY ACCUSING ME OF BEING SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT. I have a life, dipsh*t, and I live it the way that I WANT First of all, WHERE in my question did it state that It bothered me? NO WHERE and guess what? That means that it DOESN'T BOTHER ME! If you were to look at my avatar again, you'd also realize that I'm NOT fat at all, much to your dismay. It WOULDN'T bother me at all if they accepted Japanese Yen or Israeli Sheckels, contrary to your false claim, All of this bullsh*t that you spewed out about me just proves to ME how ignorant YOU'RE making yourself out to be by making up all of these lies about me. I NEVER SAID that I disagree with what the chain is doing, how's about you READ before you spew out more bullsh*t that is just that....BULLSH*T AND YOU KNOW IT!

Oh yeah, and I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF FREE ENTERPRISE, a**hole, I was asking this question of mine to know what were the OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE.

I am VERY WELL AWARE that this is America, much to your dismay once again, and that THIS IS NOT STALINIST RUSSIA!

First of all, I AM NOT IGNORANT, and the only thing that's causing "so much disharmony in our communities" is the ignorance you've displayed in your 'answer' by spewing forth a bunch of false claims and accusations that are the direct OPPOSITE of who I am. YOU'RE the one who sounds smug, otherwise if you weren't, then you wouldn't have said that "I would like to see you flipping burgers or shovelling pizzas for $2.50 an hour and see how smug you would be"

Once again, I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY. I DO NOT LIVE IN TEXAS AND I NEVER HAVE. Plus, I am NOT A RED NECK RACIST.

Answer 1

there is nothing wrong with using another countries' foreign currency. As long as the customer has enough money to pay for what they buy.

Answer 2

I don't agree with them accepting pesos, because we are in America and that's not the currency. You can't do that in other country's so it shouldn't be done here(possibly in touristy areas); but you can exchange the pesos for dollars! I live in Texas and have never seen that anywhere so i'm actually surprised by that, I've never even seen that near any border cities.

I'm not surprised that the workers are required to be bilingual, many teachers are required that here where I live, and if you look in the newspaper for a job it's a necessity. I grew up speaking english until 2nd grade and they enforced a spanish program (i'm only 17). And now to this day I can almost speak fluent spanish. I guess it's just something better to have today.

Answer 3

I don't think it is anyone's business what form of payment a business accepts as payment. What about a business who feeds a hungry person in exchange for some labor? I guess he wouldn't even be paying taxes on that labor he receives in payment for the meal. Actually, as long as the person is paying US$ taxes on those pesos, fine with me. I do know that near the Canadian/US border businesses on both sides readily accept both US and Canadian currencies as payment for services and products. I think if it bothers anyone, they have the right to not frequent that business. If it bothers enough people, I guess the business will either go out of business or revert back to accepting only the US$. The other mention of the employees being required to be bilingual bothers me, but I know that in Canada lots of businesses that cater mostly to, for instance, the Chinese community often require bilingual Mandarin or Cantonese and English of their employees. I would say that it is a business decision and the owner has the right to do what he feels will be in the best interest of his business, as long as it is not against the local and Federal laws. Anyways, basically, it doesn't bother me that the pizza chain accepts pesos. If the owner doesn't mind needing a wheelbarrow to carry his receipts to the bank, I guess that is his choice.

Answer 4

First, it is not a pizza chain. It is one restaraunt in an area of DFW highly populated by immigrants from Mexico. Second, the owner is an immigrant himself. He came to the US legally from Mexico when he was a kid and became a citizen using the due process of the INS. Third, he does not require that his employees speak Spanish.

Along the US-Mexico border, many businesses take dollars or pesos as a convenience to the customers. The controversy is not that he is taking pesos (he released the story to the media as a way to get business). The controversy is that DFW is over 300 miles from the border and the practice is seldom done here.

The facts is that a private, American business man used the pesos as a gimmick to get business. Now word-of-mouth is making the story more than it is.

Answer 5

I respectfully disagree with Jesi about the bilingual requirement violating EEOC regulations. The restaurant has a bilingual clientele. The owner can make a case that being bilingual is a reasonable job requirement. An employer doesn't have to hire someone who can't meet those requirements. Think of the guy who sued Hooters, because they wouldn't hire him as a server, and lost. He lost the case because the nature of the business required the servers to have a certain "skill set".

Answer 6

They can do whatever they want to do. It is a free country based on capitalism. If they made the wrong choice, they will lose customers. Its the same reasoning why the whole country is kissing the butts of the Hispanics, legal or illegal. Selling out the country for votes and money.

Answer 7

Why is this becoming a big issue? Canadians dollars accepted in some northern US States. Japan & Russia Currencies accepted in some Alaska cities. Dollars acepted in Mexico. When I was station in Germany-Austrian, Spanish, Switzerland and American currencies were accepted. It is totally depends on business, they do not have to. It is probably good business.

Answer 8

First, it's their business so it's THEIR business.
If they accept pesos then more power to them. They could accept sea shells for all I care, as long as the transactions are fair and equal to all people. By that I mean anyone can walk in with pesos whether they are of Mexican decent or not and get the same price. In Europe they accept the dollar and for a long time they preferred the dollar (when it was more valuable-but now the Euro is) and no one complained.
Second, there are MANY MANY MANY jobs out there that require people to be bilingual. In fact at my job we are desperate for more bilingual people to serve our Spanish-speaking population. It would be punishing the business owner who is just trying to cater to their clients to not allow them to hire people that meet the needs of their company and to not accept any form of payment they so desire.
You wouldn't hire someone to be a doctor unless they could do the job and had a medical degree. They wouldn't hire a non-Spanish speaker because they couldn't do the job. As long as they post that as a requirement then they are just being honest, that's what the job requires.
Deal with it.

Answer 9

If its a chain I'm assuming they have guidelines to follow from corporate. But I think that as long as they are paying (in Pesos) the equivalent of the US price there should beno problem. They accept US dollars in businesses in Mexico and some places in Europe and Asia. I dont think that should be an issue.

Answer 10

Well...it's called free enterprise and thats the way our system works. The Mexican culture will spend money if they are accomodated such as the peso exchange you just described.

Also other services include a check cashing service, and a subculture type aisle in your business. The bottom line is if we do not accomodate them, they themselves will.

I regulary visit these mom and pop type grocery stores and find the products to be suitable for my tastes.


Glass bottled Pepsi's and homestyle cookin.

Answer 11

I see nothing wrong with it.

I live in Michigan, a short ride from Canada, and stores on both sides of the border have been accepting each country's money for decades, without any issue.

I think there's some overreaction on this topic.