"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:42:32 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2/22/2013 2:57 PM, sf wrote:
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>> >> You've had a lot of things for years. The thing I liked best that I
>> >> saw on my very first trip to Europe was that waiters had a handheld
>> >> credit card machine, took care of the transaction on the spot and your
>> >> credit card never left your sight. We've never seen waiters here use
>> >> them and have no idea why it hasn't caught on.
>> >>
>> > About 15 years ago, I took my daughter on the train from London to
>> > Inverness. She really enjoyed the trip (the weather was good, so the
>> > scenery was visible), but what really impressed her was the dining car
>> > with its white tablecloths and attentive waiters who treated her like a
>> > grown-up - and when the bill came, the waiter whipped out one of those
>> > card readers. "But it's a _train_! How can they authorise your card on
>> > a
>> > _train_?"
>> >
>> > I really hate having my card disappear from sight, as happens in US
>> > restaurants.
>>
>> I wouldn't allow it!
>>
> That means you'd have to get up and go to the register where they do
> the transactions, because it's not coming to you.

Yes! I would do that! Why ever not?

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