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FTC Issues Fines For Sassy Retail Employees Who Cut Declined Credit Cards In Half
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Does this happen in real life?
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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I've seen it in movies.
snort
I never personally encountered the CUT CARD message while I worked retail, but my understanding was there was actually a bounty given when you did this. That is a level above just "declined", of course. Don't know what the situation is these days.
Sounds like a US thing
Sounds like a dumbass thing. Who the hell cuts a credit card in half that may or may not have failed due to network errors of the card reader?
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