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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoYou pay for your meal via contactless right? So you have to get your phone out. No one saying they get your phone out in the meal. It’s just if you get your phone out at any point on a first date, they’ll see it right?
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAt a sit-down place, you normally give your card to the waitstaff once they bring the check/receipt. There’s no tap-to-pay terminal they bring to you.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoYou should not ever let someone take your bank card out of your sight! Where are you where this is accepted!?
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYeah, it’s not great if you think about it, but it’s standard. I’m not here to be a prescriptivist; I’m just describing my experience (and it’s a common one in the US of A).
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s not how it works everywhere in the world. Most places you just pay with your phone or your card.
You pay for your meal via contactless right? So you have to get your phone out.
No one saying they get your phone out in the meal. It’s just if you get your phone out at any point on a first date, they’ll see it right?
At a sit-down place, you normally give your card to the waitstaff once they bring the check/receipt. There’s no tap-to-pay terminal they bring to you.
You should not ever let someone take your bank card out of your sight! Where are you where this is accepted!?
Yeah, it’s not great if you think about it, but it’s standard. I’m not here to be a prescriptivist; I’m just describing my experience (and it’s a common one in the US of A).
That’s not how it works everywhere in the world. Most places you just pay with your phone or your card.