Originally Posted by
reclusive46
Do terminals in the US even ask this anymore? I've noticed on a lot of independent merchant terminals in the US it just seems to print out two receipts which both have signature sections on them and one of them has to be signed. By this point the transaction seems to be over from the terminals point of view.
Terminals aren't always particularly clear though, I know in Marks and Spencers in the UK, the POS just asks "Is card valid?".
I haven't seen many of them them ask for it. You're definitely correct that most systems print out two receipts simultaneously, the merchant copy and the customer copy. This setup is especially common in restaurants. You could sign your name as anything (or not even sign), and they transaction will have already gone through.
You said that Red Lobster and Olive Garden used to pull the DCC game but don't seem to anymore? When they did do this, did your receipts already come out in GBP or was it the HKG style of "enter tip in TXN currency" variety of receipt?