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Feb 01, 2006 13:28

The checkout guy in a service station conversationally asked me what the credit limit on my credit card was last night.

That kinda freaked me out a bit.

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tiquetoque February 1 2006, 14:33:24 UTC
Ostensibly 'cos it was gold and he thought it was unlimited.

I politely said "higher than I need right now!" and "No, they're legally not allowed make them unlimited unless you ask them to or it was that way in the beginning," and walked away backwards, watching him drop the thingy through the slot.

I used to work in exactly that service station when I was in uni, and I know how easy it is to just take a list of numbers/expiration dates, and go on a spree on the 'net or party lines or whatever.

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tiquetoque February 1 2006, 14:55:07 UTC
Glasnevin :)

I wasn't _too_ fussed about it... the guy was from an ethnicity in which I've witnessed a slight tendency to be more in-your-face about personal details. It might have been idle curiosity expressed (imo inappropriately, but iho perfectly fine), a cultural thing!

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rin_666 February 1 2006, 23:11:54 UTC
...why would he ask that?oooooh maybe you were over the limit, they always have to double check my card at marks and sparks which always freaks me out so I always have to use cash. It's a pain.

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