You were out shopping or eating in a restaurant with friends or business associates, and went to pay with your credit card, and the cashier or waiter announced LOUDLY that your credit card had been declined?
It's never happened to me, but I think I would want the floor to open up and swallow me if it did.
2007-01-04 07:12:36 · 35 answers · asked by spun_up_06 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
not me either. But I was once at a very nice restaurant and this happened to a young man at a table near by. He was maybe 17 years old and looked to be on a first date. The waiter was not at all discreet.
I threw my napkin across my food and interrupted the waiter, proclaiming loudly that there was a bug in my food. I demanded to speak to the manager and followed the waiter to the back. At this point I told the manager and the server how tactless they were to the boy and that there was no bug in my food... but next time they should treat a customer with the same respect they'd wish to be treated with! I then gave them my credit card and told them I would pay for the young couples food and told the server I would include a 40% gratuity if he went back out and told the young man (in front of his date) that there had been a mistake and the card went through.
It all worked out and the manager even gave me a free dessert!
2007-01-04 07:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know, that would have to be real embarassing...
I used to work as a cashier at Walmart and people would give me credit cards that didn't work all the time (not on purpose, of course)... I'd always try to be polite about it and say "sorry, your card has been refused" without everyone in the store noticing...
2007-01-04 07:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ AnGeL oF cLaRiTy ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went on a date and I had to pay because the guys 2 credit cards were declined...
2007-01-04 07:15:22 · answer #3 · answered by cma80 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
happened to me just a few weeks ago. It was the morning of payday, and i have direct deposit, and i was trying to pay with my debit card at breakfast, and my money is supposed to be deposited at midnight, and usually is. Well, it was like 9:30 in the morning and I'm expecting like almost a thousand dollars to be in my account, but, oopsie!! Some goon in payroll must have been asleep at the switch!! Luckily we had some cash on us we were taking to deposit, but, that would have sucked if we didn't. Funny thing, we went to the grocery store right after that and by about quarter to eleven the money was there. Bastards.
2007-01-04 07:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by Rowdy's Mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes shopping with a big buggy full of groceries.(I even had a big pack of tampons for my Ex wife) My debit card did not work even though I had money. Come to find out the bank had a computer glich that kept me from getting my groceries. I don't shop there anymore!
2007-01-04 07:17:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i check all my accts everyday and I know my balances everyday. so if they told me it declined, they would run it again or call the credit card company. I have 2 cards, I know one has a high balance, I keep that one out of my purse so I don't use it
2007-01-04 07:21:13 · answer #6 · answered by BoTToms UP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but truthfully when credit cards are declined it could be so sooo many reasons. Anyone would be unprofessional to be obvious about it.
2007-01-04 07:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a credit card and this is just one reason for me to not have one
2007-01-04 07:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by Scorpion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont use a credit card, i'm only 16 and have no need for one, i intend on living life paying with cash money
2007-01-04 07:15:15 · answer #9 · answered by hotbigtoad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I don't use credit cards anymore but it did happen once. I tried to play it cool and say, "Oh, they must not have received my payment" but I was embarrassed!
2007-01-04 07:17:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋