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I always “thank them”. I would like to think that if someone did steal my credit cards that the store clerk would ask for more ID and when things didn’t match up…………… they would have caught a bad guy!
I've done the same thing for years. I thought it was something cashiers were supposed to do. Yes, there's a lot more theft out there these days and I have a permanent fraud alert out. It works just fine. I stagger getting our free credit reports through the year and my identity is intact. It seems invasive but for me, it has been a blessing in disguise.
It doesn't matter if they ask for ID or not. Most of the time they don't READ it, they just see "credit card", check. "ID," check. I used to say, as they gave me back my ID, "So, what's my name?" (it's a pretty easy name, nothing weird in the pronuncation, just three syllables in all). Every single time, they would give me a blank look, kinda grin, and say, "I don't remember." Yep, that makes me feel secure. Just for fun, I was using one of my client's credit cards to make purchases for a project. Then I handed them my drivers license. They didn't even blink, just handed them back and said, "Thank you."
It doesn't matter if they ask for ID or not. Most of the time they don't READ it, they just see "credit card", check. "ID," check. I used to say, as they gave me back my ID, "So, what's my name?" (it's a pretty easy name, nothing weird in the pronuncation, just three syllables in all). Every single time, they would give me a blank look, kinda grin, and say, "I don't remember." Yep, that makes me feel secure. Just for fun, I was using one of my client's credit cards to make purchases for a project. Then I handed them my drivers license. They didn't even blink, just handed them back and said, "Thank you."
Or even outdoors, like that guy who punched somebody and then slammed their head against the concrete, simply for walking around the common area of a living community.
Oh yeah, that guy that was being followed by an armed dude he didn't know. I bet if he was following a young woman in a hoodie, the woman would have had the right to be scared.
Op your way off base and paranoid about that; IMO. Do they not also do same when you cash a check and they do not know you? You do realize who takes the hit if they cash or use stolen credit card on what was sold.
Op your way off base and paranoid about that; IMO. Do they not also do same when you cash a check and they do not know you? You do realize who takes the hit if they cash or use stolen credit card on what was sold.
Well maybe it if was the norm everywhere I would be less annoyed but it seems like only some cashiers ask while others don't ask at all.
With Visa, MasterCard, and Discover the clerks should require you to sign the card before it can be used. These cards are invalid without your signature on the signature line.
Well, guess clerks are clueless???
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