"Dan Abel" > wrote

> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> "Dan Abel" > wrote
>>
>> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>> >> (laugh!) I actually said that, then deleted it. All the information
>> >> they
>> >> need is printed right on the card, if someone is so inclined, what's
>> >> to
>> >> stop them from memorizing it?
>>
>> > Of course, some people have pencils. They aren't hard to acquire.
>>
>> Heh. True, but I think even someone as oblivious as I can be
>> would notice someone writing down my credit card number.
>
> Other than fast food places, I've never been to a real restaurant where
> they didn't take your credit card to some secret place to process it.
> I'm sure you could follow them to make sure they didn't write down the
> info, but I've never seen anybody do that. There are some problems with
> this scenario, depending on the layout, but who would notice if a server
> took a detour to record this information?

No question. My situation was lost in the mists of time ... employees
at a store where I shopped stole credit card data and used it. We
were discussing how they could have accomplished that, since the
card never left my sight.

nancy