Comments on: 8 Things You Don’t Really Have to Do http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/25/8-things-you-dont-really-have-to-do/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:35:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mel C http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/25/8-things-you-dont-really-have-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-28114 Mel C Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:06:21 +0000 http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/25/8-things-you-dont-really-have-to-do/#comment-28114 I was more than a little P.O'd when huge retailer Target decided to stop looking at people's credit cards to match signatures. WHY? 20 minutes after my whole wallet was stolen from my desk at work, a BIG BLACK MAN was making purchases at Target. If they had checked the credit cards the clerk would have been able to stop the sale (call Security or some such) because there is NO WAY in heaven that a big black man will have my name, a very girly name with a Spanish last name. So, yes, people. It IS for your protection. Some stores do still check signatures and I never have a problem giving the clerk my card to verify... AND, you shouldn't pay with a credit card at a restaurant. Pay cash so you always know where your cards are. And tip your server generously! That's just good karma. I was more than a little P.O’d when huge retailer Target decided to stop looking at people’s credit cards to match signatures. WHY? 20 minutes after my whole wallet was stolen from my desk at work, a BIG BLACK MAN was making purchases at Target. If they had checked the credit cards the clerk would have been able to stop the sale (call Security or some such) because there is NO WAY in heaven that a big black man will have my name, a very girly name with a Spanish last name. So, yes, people. It IS for your protection. Some stores do still check signatures and I never have a problem giving the clerk my card to verify…

AND, you shouldn’t pay with a credit card at a restaurant. Pay cash so you always know where your cards are. And tip your server generously! That’s just good karma.

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