On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:31:46 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Doris Night wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 16:29:41 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I generally don't notice, so odds are they're paying by card here,
>> > too. It took me a while, but I finally convinced my mother to
>> > carry a credit card in case she gets into a jam. She still doesn't
>> > use it. I haven't asked her how she pays for groceries.
>>
>> My MIL has a credit card, but I'm not sure how often she actually uses
>> it.
>>
>> I was in the grocery store with her last week, and when we got to the
>> check-out she said she wanted to use her card, then she handed it to
>> me and asked me if I'd do it. Then she whispered her PIN to me.
>>
>> I took the card, waved it over the pay-pass screen*, and handed it
>> back to her. "Easy!" I said to her.
>>
>> *In Canada, we don't have to swipe a card and enter a PIN. We just
>> have to touch a screen with the card. The whole thing takes about 1.5
>> seconds.
>>
>> Doris
>
>Hope you have good fraud protection if someone steals your card...

We don't need it, so long as we report the card missing straight away
or respond when the card operator calls. I know two people who were
called before they even were aware of the break in security. Didn't
cost them a penny,