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Sig. Stamps (WAS: Charities)
On 2/22/2013 4:42 PM, sf wrote:
> 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.
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>>> 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_?"
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>>> I really hate having my card disappear from sight, as happens in US
>>> restaurants.
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>> I wouldn't allow it!
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> 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. 
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Or use cash.
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