The Onion @midwest.social seahorse [Ohio] @midwest.social 11mo ago

FTC Issues Fines For Sassy Retail Employees Who Cut Declined Credit Cards In Half

www.theonion.com FTC Issues Fines For Sassy Retail Employees Who Cut Declined Credit Cards In Half

WASHINGTON—Cracking down on the common but unethical practice seemingly rampant in department stores, the Federal Trade Commission began issuing fines this week for any sassy retail employee who held up a customer’s declined credit card and cut it in half. “A lot of these snobbish retail employees s...

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Does this happen in real life?
- I've seen it in movies.
Sounds like a US thing
- Sounds like a dumbass thing. Who the hell cuts a credit card in half that may or may not have failed due to network errors of the card reader?
  
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snort

I never personally encountered the CUT CARD message while I worked retail, but my understanding was there was actually a bounty given when you did this. That is a level above just "declined", of course. Don't know what the situation is these days.

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