Why do restaurants in the US take your credit card, instead of simply bringing the machine to the table for payment?

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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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What do they do if your card is a “digital card” on your phone?

Do they take your phone and your finger/eye/face in case it times-out before they can bump the phone on the terminal for a frottage transaction?

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