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On 05.05.24 20:06, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 5/5/24 7:22 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>>> You're expected to pay before you leave the table.  The waiters use
>>> terminals to enter the transaction, not hand-held readers.
>>
>> You live in a backwards country.
>>
>> The waiter comes to my table with a wireless pad or gadget. We do not
>> like them taking our card out of sight to the office.
> 
> Perhaps we're just more trusting of our fellow man.  Or perhaps 
> Americans are more trustworthy than Europeans.
> 
> <fight starts>

The fight is already over. For security reasons the credit card
companies allow only transactions with a security PIN and card readers.
That started in Europe IIRC around the year 2014.


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