In Canada, I haven’t seen a credit card taken by the waiter for payment since maybe the late 90s. However, the dozens of times that I’ve gone to a sit-down restaurant in the States, I have not once had a waiter bring the machine to the table. Having the machine brought over is much faster and convenient, and allows the customer to be sure of what is charged, so why hasn’t this caught on?
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Because of chip and pin verification. In the States, they can still just swipe the card and complete the transaction, or bring you the printed slip to sign. Here, we can slide in the card and type our pin, and it’s done.
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