[T_red7882]

I've worked a register many many many times. If a check or card gets rejected, we don't care if you say it's wrong or not. our system says that payment cannot be made via that method from you. that is your problem, and not ours. Want to make matters worse? Argue with us clerks about something we have absolutely no control over. Do you know how often people try to scam us clerks? even really *nice* looking couples have tried to screw me on many occasions. People always "say" they are good for something, and they rarely are. the smirkey, smart arsed fashion in which the clerk treated you with is your interpretation. From my point of view, that sounds like a frustrated clerk trying to be nice to you while you put up a fuss over something they had no control over.

Another common misconceptions about debit cards with a visa or master card logo are that if we run it as "credit," where you sign for it, that the transaction is charged to your credit account. not true. the funds are still taken from your checking account, just like a debit transaction, where you enter your PIN, would be charged. The only difference is that credit transactions are slower to process. Use this method over entering your PIN. the amount of near invisible "recorders" that are used for fraud (you enter your card and pin, and an electronic slip in a gas pump or card swipe remembers it and a person later collects this data and screws you royally) are increasing in availability and ease of use.