Are things really this bad already??
Was standing in the queue behind a woman in Sainsbury just now and her bill came to something like £13. Out comes the old happy card. Swipe...denied. Puzzled, but out comes the next card...denied. Next....denied. Next....denied.
She then pulls out the whole war chest and I swear to God, there were something like 20 credit cards, has a look, but funnily enough she doesn't bother offering more. Hmmmmm....perhaps she knows something
She then starts the obligatory face saving puzzled look head bobbing blaming the poor checkout girl that the chip and pin machine is broken. Never mind the fact that the guy before her used it perfectly well. The girl assures her that it's working fine and that they get many customers a day with 5+ maxed out credit cards (getting in a little dig in the process ). She then wants to pay with a cheque but gets told where to go. She starts moaning again but the manager (who showed up by now)tells her straight up "Come back with money next time miss". She then stomps off in her expensive looking clothes (at least looking the part) still bitching about the "awful service I got".
Afterwards the checkout girl tells me that in her shift alone this happens about 5+ times.
And people say we don't need the state to nanny us..
Was standing in the queue behind a woman in Sainsbury just now and her bill came to something like £13. Out comes the old happy card. Swipe...denied. Puzzled, but out comes the next card...denied. Next....denied. Next....denied.
She then pulls out the whole war chest and I swear to God, there were something like 20 credit cards, has a look, but funnily enough she doesn't bother offering more. Hmmmmm....perhaps she knows something
She then starts the obligatory face saving puzzled look head bobbing blaming the poor checkout girl that the chip and pin machine is broken. Never mind the fact that the guy before her used it perfectly well. The girl assures her that it's working fine and that they get many customers a day with 5+ maxed out credit cards (getting in a little dig in the process
). She then wants to pay with a cheque but gets told where to go. She starts moaning again but the manager (who showed up by now)tells her straight up "Come back with money next time miss". She then stomps off in her expensive looking clothes (at least looking the part) still bitching about the "awful service I got". Afterwards the checkout girl tells me that in her shift alone this happens about 5+ times.
And people say we don't need the state to nanny us..
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Ask them for a proper visa debit/cheque guarantee card.
Can't believe I made that mistake. Fixed!