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Old Dec 1, 2014, 9:49 pm
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Originally Posted by AllieKat
It's super annoying. URM Stores (Rosauer's, Super 1 Foods) requires a signature even for 79 cents (a doughnut). It's silly. I asked a manager he said "it's for your security."
I asked the manager at Bartell Drugs about it, and she said, "Yeah, it's (only) good for if the stripe on your card isn't working." I never thought of drawing a line, but I might as well at onscreen Sig terminals in future for all the resemblance the awful result bears to a "signature".
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