The Other Kind Of “If It Doesn’t Scan, It Must Be Free!”
I used to work at a game store during the PlayStation 2 era.
Customer: “I want two PlayStation 2’s, two Xbox 360s, [handful of games], and two controllers each.”
My store was pretty slow, so this would be a pretty big sale for the day, and I was excited about it.
She goes to pay and hands me a card.
Me: “Uh… ma’am, this isn’t going to work.”
Customer: “It’s a credit card.”
Me: “It’s not laminated or embossed. In fact, if I were to guess, I’d say this was printed out on a home color printer.”
Customer: “Scan it anyway.”
Me: “There’s no magnetic strip to scan.”
Customer: “Scan it… anyway!”
I scan her fake credit card.
Me: “It doesn’t work.”
Customer: “Then just put the numbers in on your computer.”
Me: “I can’t do that.”
Customer: *Legitimately confused.* “Why?”
Me: “That’s not something we’re allowed to do.”
Customer: “But that’s my card. It works everywhere else!”
Me: “Awesome! Then you can use it at an ATM to pay for all this in cash.”
She stares me down for a few seconds and then walks out of the store. I spend the next few minutes putting everything back on the shelves, laughing at the audacity.
