I know we just ended our 30
Blogs in 30 Days Against Paper, but I propose we continue…just a
little. Okay, selfish reasoning you
say? Fair enough. Additionally, I know this topic has been
broached in the past by John, but I can’t even believe what happened at lunch!
So, Kate and I decided to order in for lunch, since it’s
crazy cold out and high heels don’t like icy pavement. After finally agreeing to disagree, she
ordered a sandwich from Jimmy John’s
and I called in an order for a Greek salad and breadsticks from Cottage Inn.
After the delivery guy swung by and dropped off the salad
and Cottage Sticks, I noticed that my ENTIRE credit card number was on the slip
that I signed and HE TOOK WITH HIM!!! Okay, clearly not cool. Although
I pre-tipped him (another policy that I think is deplorable, but I digress), I’m
sorry, but $4 is a whole lot different to your average Credit Card Fraudster than
whatever may be the available balance on my card.
To make matters worse, I called the Cottage Inn and spoke
with the store manager who not only didn’t think there was a problem, but acted
as though I was being a tad ludicrous insinuating that something underhanded
could take place between my office and the Cottage Inn, where the driver
dropped the slip back off, “promptly”...whatever that means.
He actually said to me, “Not only
would our drivers never do that, they wouldn’t have time.”
Seriously.
Then, I said, “What are you
saying? No one has the time to look down
between my office and the Cottage Inn?”
Like it or not, although the 30
in 30 is done, this is 31. And, this
is crazy. Don’t worry about me, there
was only like [Article].13 left on that card anyway, and luckily enough, the State of Michigan Office
of the Attorney General was nice enough to make electronic forms available
for Consumer
Complaints.
In our great state, allowing
full credit card number visibility on Merchant OR Customer Copies of credit
card processing slips is illegal.
Cottage Inn, it’s
on!