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In the US? Yes it is.

My expectation at a restaurant is that they’ll take my card and bring it back with a slip to sign. Some places have payment stations at the table, but that’s not very common.

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swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was in the US (probably for the last time ever) in December and was amazed that they still do this.

Here in Canada, that was done away with…maybe 20 years ago? Trips to the UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands have been similar.

Signing a CC receipt is something most people’s parents did. Except in the US.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I wonder if our tip culture has something to do with it.
  
  Gotta be able to add that 20% for the server.
  
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  - swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Nope. For some stupid reason, Canada pays servers passably (not great) but has almost exactly the same tip culture of the US.
    
    Here when it’s time to pay, they bring a wireless machine to your table. You punch in the tip you want, and then either tap or insert your card to pay. A receipt printer is built-in, so you can get your paper as well.
    
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NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I still remember going to the US and seeing these carbon copy credit card machines. Also what blows my mind is the US still does not have e-transfer.

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They work like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4zEJglde0

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  CHA-CHUNK!
  
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- Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  How is e-transfer different from zelle or venmo?
  
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  - NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    E-Transfer only requires a bank account, no “third party” accounts needed, recipients also don’t need to bank with the same bank.
    
    E-transfers are similar in nature to written checks but transfers are instantaneous in nature and amounts don’t bounce.
    
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LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Really depends on the restaurant.

The smaller or local places where we are have all mostly switched to the handheld mobile devices.

The fast food places are all still front register POS style.

The larger chains or fancier restaurants are mostly still take your card away and run it then return for a signature.

I imagine the holdouts either don’t want to make the technological and cost investment to update (big chains) or they feel the mobile device is too “low class” (fancier restaurants).

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