Posted on 05/09/2024 3:49:02 PM PDT by lowbridge
Credit card... no problem, if the credit card company is notified in timely fashion. Debit card... a little less certain.
The staff all have masters degrees in some ____ Studies.
I visit Kinston quite a bit to look after my best friend’s father. It is a very wholesome town and everyone there is very sweet and mostly unworldly (in a sweet way) - it is quite shielded from the evils of the world. It is my experience that most people there do the right thing and wouldn’t believe that people would steal a cc number. Good BBQ at Kings and The Beef and the Baron is just awesome for steaks, their salad bar and you meet everyone in line!
Unless the Cafe owners want VERY Bad publicity(and they likely already have it), they’ll be paying this lady’s credit card bill.
Yeah.
Nailed it! They need to cover for this boneheaded move, quickly!
The card company usually takes fraudulent charges off.
This was pure malice.
You should be able to go online and lock your card as soon as you discover it missing.
Sounds like they are all conservatives.
It was a Debit card.
This beats the story earlier about the woman opening her car window for the bear because she thought it was friendly….
I would sue every employee there.
A second mistake:
*NEVER* say ‘No comment’ (or take the 5th, or say ‘on the advice of my lawyer I say nothing’).
“No Comment” = “I’m guilty as sin, don’t care, and F-U”.
The only acceptable response in the 21st century is to take FULL responsibility immediately, state clearly what you *HAVE DONE* (not ‘are going to do’) to completely rectify the situation, state that the employee involved has been fired, list what your are doing to recompense the wronged party, and do all of these before the second post hits Facebook, X, or twitter.
Taking more than 10 minutes to completely rectify a gaffe such as this is suicide for all but the very largest corporation.
Have you hired a lawyer lately? How would you cover those costs?
I'd go meet with the restaurant management and politely ask them to fix their mistake by covering the costs.
I'm guessing they'd do the right thing.
I hope nobody takes that advise. Remain silent.
My credit union would erase any charges if they are notified right away.
I guess I was “lucky” when the waitress just took the numbers of me and everyone else at the table and probably sold them privately rather than tell everyone. When I saw 5 charges at a Walmart in Maryland I shut down the card right away. The next week I found out that everyone at the table had their number stolen.
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