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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I’ve just now learned that in the US restaurants take your cc away, and I’m really shocked. For people saying the machines are expensive: here in Brazil (a fucking thrid world country) even the street vendors bring you portable machines for cc payment, although I think they use lease contracts for them. Also we are acutely aware of the dangers of handing your cc to anyone thanks to possible fraud issues. How does these US restaurants deal with credit cards that requires you to enter a PIN to confirm the purchase?
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