Originally Posted by Steve Peterson
I don't understand how people can be so trusting of handing a credit card to a restaurant employee earning minimum wage and letting them walk away with it for 5 minutes. Seems like a recipe for credit card fraud. I try to always carry enough cash for the meal including a mix of 1's and 5's so I don't have to wait for change.






Recent trip to the UK where we were told it is illegal there for them to take the card out of your sight. All the servers have a handheld device into which cards are inserted and transaction all done at the table. Smart.