Originally Posted by
Need
That's funny because a few years ago my cousin from UK came to visit. She insisted on paying for one of the meal, so we let her. When it was time to pay, we told her that in the US, they take your credit to to the back to charge, so she gave it to the waiter. But a minute later, he came back and ask "Does it have a pin? Can you tell me what it is?" She just looked at him funny, "You want me to tell you my pin? Really?" It was kind of funny. She ended up going to the back with him and punch in her pin.
The restaurants that have adopted the chip later tend to disable PIN support on their terminals altogether to avoid them having to think about stuff like portable terminals. The rest with chip support seem to push Enter to bypass the PIN first and only have customers enter one if the card declines (if you're lucky; I've had a few demand alternate payment). At least in my experience with the Diners Club MC, anyway, which is PIN preferring and requires it if the terminal asks for one.