Quote from snooptrader:
Not sure if it is stalking, but it is in bad taste. Most waitpeople are honest and hard working. I don't think they deserve to have a customer follow them to the credit card terminal because he is worried they will steal his number.
Just my opinion.
That I agree with.
However, if there are other paying patrons at that payment counter long before I get up out of my seat...
I have the right to ensure that my credit card info is not viewable to those other patrons as stated in my
second post in this thread and in almost every post that followed the second post.
As I said, if me standing in line to pay for my bill along with other patrons is in bad taste...
That means the cash register person must also have a problem with other patrons standing in line in front of me.
Now...do I do this every single time?
Of course not...sometimes I pay with cash (as already mentioned) if the bill is small and other times I can clearly see from where I'm sitting there aren't other patrons already at the payment counter (no need for me to get up).
However, newtoet seems bent out of shape about my very first post eventhough he continue to debate almost every post
after the first post including the ones in which I was clearly talking about a second situation.
Suddenly, he pretends to be surprised and saids I've changed my story.
I just don't think he reads too well after the first post nor read the stuff he quoted himself after the first post.
Therefore, he was fully aware of the fact I was talking about two particular distinctive situations and both situations I've discussed...
1. First post deals with fraud committed at the cash register by an employee of the restaurant.
I've later posted links to such as facts in this thread especially when he has the tone (although he didn't say it) that such doesn't happen.
http://idtheft.about.com/od/methodsofthef1/p/Skimming.htm
I myself have been the victim of skimming although I only mentioned I myself was the victim of credit card fraud along with mentioning I've seen the bad side of a restaurant via being an employee myself.
2. My second post and remainders have dealt with another issue.
The issure of patrons at the counter paying their bills or having conversations with the cash register person while
my card is in their view.
I myself can memorize three credit cards of other patrons long enough to go back to the car and write it down on paper...
All due to the carelessness that occurs at cash registers (restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores et cetera).
However, I've never been a victim of credit card fraud at those other places I've mention nor have I've been employeed at those other places.
Therefore, as long as I see others standing in line to pay their bills...
I will get up out of my seat and ensure nobody else has access to the info on my credit card except for the person I handed my credit card to.
If that's bad taste...so be it.
I've not been a victim of that type of fraud every since my habit of doing such.
Whereas in prior when I was naive and didn't give it a second thought...fraud occurred...restuarant employee prosecuted.
I plan to keep it that way...no story has changed in this thread.
Lets be clear about that.
Mark
