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[–] smeg 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You should not ever let someone take your bank card out of your sight! Where are you where this is accepted!?

[–] smort@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s the norm in all of the US

[–] smeg 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Mental, is there a lot of fraud and identity theft?

[–] smort@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not a lot of fraud or identity theft from the waiter taking your card to charge your meal, no.

Probably there are some rogue waiters who try to use a customer’s card to buy personal things for themselves, but I’ve never heard of it happening to anyone I know personally

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've seen Americans discussing paper shredders as standard appliances everyone has because they are afraid of identity theft.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's not great if you think about it, but it's standard. I'm not here to be a prescriptivist; I'm just describing my experience (and it's a common one in the US of A).