What do high-end restaurants do if a credit card is declined at the end of a meal?
Had this happen a few weeks ago. The bank sent me a new card to extend things past the 03/15 expiration date. They require that I hit their ATM and use the new card to ask for an account balance, but only indicated that a new PIN would be coming eventually. So, I handed the gal the old card, figuring it was still valid (still in March).Youngster comes back (my wife and I know most of the staff there) and sheepishly told us that the card had been declined.I gave her a quick synopsis, and then handed her another card. End of problem. (I activated the new card a day or two later.) Still haven't seen the new PIN....Wouldn't call this place "High End", but it's not McD's....Maybe 25 years ago, I used to be a regular lunch patron at another restaurant in town. To the point that I often babysat the owner's grandchildren while their mom was in the kitchen bagging up some of "today's special" to take home.I had a buddy from Cleveland who used to join me for lunch often. One evening he was in town with his wife and some friends, and they stopped there for supper. That's when he found out that he was short on pocket cash. The Owner took his personal check (they don't like to do that anyway), and then called me the next morning: "Stu, is this guy good for $60?" I got a bit of a laugh: "Paul, he could probably have written a check big enough to buy your place if he wanted to."In short, a good restaurant will almost always try to quietly resolve the situation. A regular customer, or someone who's been (and remains) very polite likely will be blessed with a good result.These days, it's a very good idea to carry at least two major credit cards. If you check into a hotel, they may freeze your entire credit limit to cover your "tab", and, well, don't try to use that one elsewhere. But you can always use the other one....
What is a professional word for cashier in resume?
I worked at school as part time cashier. My duties are as follow: taking payment from students, assisting student on setting up payments online, process billing documents, balancing my drawer on closing, filling up documents for deposits.
Do police sometimes send in under-aged people to stores to check if the stores are IDing?
When I was 19 my friends and I would take turn to hang out in front of the liquor store in our neighborhood and ask people who were going in if they would buy six pack for me. Most people would say no, but eventually someone would. (In our defense, this was in Illinois, where you had to 21 to buy beer; meanwhile you could buy beer in Wisconsin at 18. Presumably Wisconsin understood that if the government expects an 18 year to die for their country, they ought to be able to have a beer.) One night it was my turn. After several people declined, a middle aged guy emerged from a car. When I asked him to buy me a six pack, he sized me (I was fairly clean cut at the time) and then pulled out a Chicago Police badge. My knees went weak and my heart was pounding. This was it … I’m getting arrested. Instead, he said, “It’ll cost you five bucks … plus the cost of the beer. (That was a lot in 1970; I think that the beer cost less than $1.50.).” I handed him the money without hesitation and he disappeared into the store.While I waited for him I looked at his car. Sure enough, it was an unmarked police car. He came out pretty quickly, handed me the beer, and said, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” and left with my change.So in 1970, at least some on the police force were not wasting their time worrying about guys drinking beer who were old enough to be in the army.Meanwhile, from previous experience, the guy in the store would take one look at you as you walked in, point at the door and say, “Get outta here.”
Why are stores removing self checkout lanes?
While they are convenient for the customer it does cause a lot of loss for stores as well as added problems and in the long run truly not worth it.When I say there is a lot of loss, I mean that people can very easily steal things when going through self checkout pretending to scan it. If one makes the effort to scan it and outs it in a bag, then they could be anywhere from 50 cents to 500 dollars being lost by just that one person. Rest assured, we know a large majority of people aren’t like that, but we know that it still does happen.As far as saving labor, that it DOES NOT do. These machines constantly require supervision at all times anyway. For example even when there are insanely long lines, there is always one person who needs to be monitoring it. In my opinion it’s just a lot faster to have that one person who’s monitoring open another checkstand. It will help customers get out a lot quicker.As almost anyone can relate there are once in a while disputes in price. That can be totally magnified and cause a very significant delay. For example, if one disputes that the price of the cheese is 2.99 vs 4.99 we need toRecognize it on the screenTell the self checkout floormanGet a clerk to retrieve the priceHave the Floorman override and rectify itAll for one order.While we appreciate that you guys like it, in my opinion and a lot of companies opinion, the costs outweigh it.Hope this helps! Happy Quora-ing!
What would you do if you saw someone shoplifting?
if it is a butthead teenager, then i would speak to him and report it if he doesnt put it back. if it is an adult i would try something more subtle. i would let them know, maybe with eye contact, that i saw them, and just hope their conscience bothers them. but if it looks like it would put me or my wife in danger - like seeing a bunch of big dudes wearing big clothing (that could hide weapons), then i would not say anything. and after they leave, i would report it to someone - so they can recognize the perps in the future. i believe in customer loyalty. the vendor that i buy from is helping me, so i want to help them stay in business. i think we society has lost a bit of that with big businesses and corporations.
What is it like working at Target?
My local Target has a job opening. I am in need of a different job because my current job doesn't give me hours, and I need a consistent work schedule. I applied as an associate/sales floor/cashier and I was wondering, for current Target employees, what is it like working there? How fast did you get called into an interview? Pay? Benefits? And the ultimate question: hours and scheduling. I want to work a lot because I am a hard working person and I need to earn more of a constant salary than a sporadic one I'm earning now. Give me any information. Thanks!!!!