My favourite was the customer who, when the pin machine was down, tried to pay with his girlfriend's card. At which point we all went 'Holy F**K No!'. And he sighed (and protested: "She gave it to me! She told me the PIN! I've never had any trouble before!"), and produced his own card. Which was unsigned...
Oh, by the gods, the unsigned card... Bane of my life at Lush. They hand over the card, I run it through, look to check signature- no signature on card. "But if I signed it, and its stolen, then someone could copy my signature!" "If you leave it unsigned, and it was stolen, then someone could write your name in themselves." "But how would they know my name?" "It's on the front of your card..."
I could live with those who put 'Please check I.D.', although it's not really legal- at least they'd thought the issue through.
I did not quite throw the pen at him, and turned away so he could sign it without me actually seeing. And then he told me to calm down, at 16:57 on a Friday, with the queues back into the aisles...
Oh God, I.D. We have stopped taking anything but passports and UK driving licences. You can see where this is going... One of my supervisors was told "You're racist against Australians!"
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They hand over the card, I run it through, look to check signature- no signature on card.
"But if I signed it, and its stolen, then someone could copy my signature!"
"If you leave it unsigned, and it was stolen, then someone could write your name in themselves."
"But how would they know my name?"
"It's on the front of your card..."
I could live with those who put 'Please check I.D.', although it's not really legal- at least they'd thought the issue through.
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Oh God, I.D. We have stopped taking anything but passports and UK driving licences. You can see where this is going... One of my supervisors was told "You're racist against Australians!"
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Do I look like a cuvalwen, though???
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Mostly, I'm worried about what will happen if they ever break up, and he has her debit card, and her PIN number...
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