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Originally Posted by Targa Me
I never hand over my debit card in a restaurant to anyone that will walk out of my line of sight.
The other day my wife and I were out to breakfast and when the waitress handed me the bill she said "please don't go to the register to pay, I'll be back..."
I just kind of laughed to myself and went up to the register to pay.
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Other than a Denny's on a road trip, I can't remember when I've been in a restaurant that had a "register". Maybe Perkins in HS in the '70s?
I hand my card to waiters about 20 times a week and they disappear with it and bring back the bill to sign. I use it for gas constantly, (this is where card info is stolen in Los Angeles, on the swiper), use it online and over the phone to pay for whatever, never give it a second thought.
It rarely gets hacked and when it does, it costs me zero. Total cost to me from hacked CCs over 25 years=$0. When it gets hacked, it's a gas station in the Armenian part of town, 100% of the time. I eat out nearly every meal of my life, (or take food home to-go), and never had a server at a restaurant hack my card.