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Well, my first response to having to get my ID out is annoyance, so I always
make it a point to thank the cashier for protecting me. Tina "Kandice Seeber" wrote in message news:2Yr3b.285822$Ho3.39123@sccrnsc03... As someone who has been in retail for 15 years, I wholeheartedly agree with this post. I can't tell you how many times I have actually been told off because I asked for ID. Make it easier on the clerk - they are human too. I know there are some idiots out there working retail, but most are like you and me - trying their best. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net What she wants proven is thatit's not an unauthorized person using her credit cars, or cheques. Tina So hand them your ID. Seriously. I've worked in retail 14 years and although I'm a stone ball bitch with a honey-sweet smile, many of my coworkers have gotten so weary of the games people play with their ID (some people really do make it an ordeal) that a lot of them are AFRAID to ask. Set a good precedent and get it out in advance, instead of being like everyone else who either acts like they're "testing" the clerk by making them ask, or acts put-upon when we do. I *always* ask. Nicely. And more than half the people I ask behave as if I've insulted them. The few people who get their ID out and have it ready, I thank profusely. I wouldn't rely too heavily on your ID cards, because if someone has your credit card, they probably have your ID too. It's not a far stretch from there to get one of their skanky little friends to pose as you, if they can rustle one up that roughly fits your picture. How many times have you known someone who didn't look much like their driver's license picture? I see people ten, twenty times a day who don't closely resemble their photo ID. Do you know what I check to determine whether it's them? *The signature on their ID card.* If it matches the receipt they just signed, I relax. Signatures are HARD to forge IN PERSON, and are STILL the best way to protect your cards from fraud. -- -Kalera Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03 Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com See us at www.strattonhome.org |
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Man, we had 3.1 untill about 4 years ago. I love that thing. It NEVER
crashed. 95 crashed all the time. I've just got a new PC with XP and it hasn't crashed once in 5 months. Amazing. Charlie. "Karen_AZ" wrote in message news:F5d_a.42130$Bp2.30402@fed1read07... If I had my choice, I'd compromise....I'd go back to Win 3.1. I know it was slow and klunky in some ways (but so were the PC's then) but it was SO much easier to configure and confabulate. No registry with its evil HKEY codes, just the win.ini and system.ini files, and I could just about make THEM breakdance. siiiiiiigh -- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs http://members.cox.net/desertdreameraz/ Ebay Sto http://www.stores.ebay.com/desertdreamerdesigns JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=DesertDreamer |
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In article 1062014331.328147@prawn,
"Christina Peterson" wrote: And that's exactly what her complaint was. Tina Yes, and my point was that if you put *see id* on your card, you should present your ID *with* the card, so that clerks will become suspicious of anyone who *doesn't*. -- -Kalera --------- Regime change in 2004! |
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In article ,
Jewitch wrote: This is simply not true. I haven't stolen any of the credit cards in my wallet, nor the checks in my purse. Yet, whenever I use any of them, I always have my ID out. Even in restaurants, when all you have to do is lay your card on top of your ticket while you finish your coffee. I lay out my ID, too. I do it because I've worked in retail, restaurants and bars and I know how much attitude customers can give the service staff, and I feel like if I (1) make it easy on them, maybe they'll feel more confident asking the next person and (2) have mine ready, it will set an example for some other customer watching. I was generalizing, to be accurate I should have stated that *very few* people actually have their ID out, but if more people made a point of doing so, clerks would be more suspicious of those who don't. -- -Kalera --------- see my auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe |
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