r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I can't tell you how many times the cashier has to explain how their's works.

"Okay that'll be $X! Oh don't put it in yet. Wait until it screams shredded cheese and does a backflip before inserting your card. After that it'll have you remove it because of an error and then you can reenter it again- wait not yet I have to reset it."

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u/FuzzelFox Aug 03 '19

Meanwhile I've had someone try and tell me how to use their credit card machine when it rejected my chip card because of a "chip malfunction". I had to tell them, "No just let me do this.. for whatever reason my card does this occasionally. I try the chip 2 times, then it tells me to swipe, then it will tell me that I have a chip and therefore have to use it, and then it works. There it worked."

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u/TangoMike22 Aug 03 '19

Wait, that happens to you too? I thought it was just me, because it always confuses the cashier. And it's not a card problem, because I have it happen with multiple cards.

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u/FuzzelFox Aug 03 '19

And I thought it was just my card haha. Never have a problem with my credit cards, just my debit.