VISA has an amusing page touting
Chip & Choice which extols the virtues of signature verification. They assert that if PIN verification were required diners would need to accompany their waiter to the POS machine to enter it
.
Argh, that's another grievance of mine. I've had my card number stolen four different times over the years and all four times happened at home and I'm 99% sure the card was skimmed by the waiter when they disappeared with it. Why, why, why can't we do like just about everywhere else in the world and have the waiter bring the card reader to you instead?
