Originally Posted by Points Scrounger

which was actually my mother's card. She had to sign slips for the transaction in dollars, the cancellation or refund of the transaction in dollars, and a third slip for the transaction in Euros. To their credit, it was our fault for answering dollars automatically without thinking; the waitress was very patient on our behalf. I was a bit concerned that her bank would refuse a second charge (the one in Euros) from the same merchant almost immediately thereafter.