Ye Olde Style Coffee Shoppe

rchddap1

The Chip n Pin thing isn't too bad with my debit card, but I'm about to get a new credit card and will have to remember that pin number as well now. What's the betting that I will get them mixed up. I'm use to using my pin number with my debit card and I always try and cover up the pad as best I can with my free hand.

And whilst I'm here.... Can I have a large Orange Juice & Lemonade with lots of ice...with a huge pile of lemon sorbet please.

rchddap1

Eliza252 wrote:

yep, soon sainsburys are going to stop allowing you to sign for your stuff - you will have to use the number - which is going to be a real problem for me!

So what happens if the person doesn't yet have a chip n pin card? I'm only just about to get one on my credit card.

Eliza252

rchddap1 wrote:

So what happens if the person doesn't yet have a chip n pin card? I'm only just about to get one on my credit card.

Well, it was mumbled at me by a cashier - but i think what he meant was - if your card has a chip on it you will no longer be able to sign - which i do sometimes if i cant remember my number or my chip is broken - or i think that everyone can see what im typing in.

r.mac_2

a friend did this with her credit card. She froze it in a tupperware box full of water. If she needed to use it for something then the time it took to thaw out made her thing long and hard as to whether she needed the item or just wanted it.

She found it stopped splurges and she never carried it with her so there was not the same temptation to use it.

A locked drawer might be a good first step to see if it might work for you. Less drastic than cutting it up I suppose.

Make mine a double shot latte please. I am falling asleep this afternoon.....nothing to do with the hangover of course

Lillibet_2

I have changed the pin numbers on both my credit & debit cards to the same one, I know this is more of a security risk but I never forget it as it is the last 4 digits of a memorable (not mine!) phone number. The other downside is that if you pull out the wrong card you may not realize your mistake until it's too late, hasn't happened to me yet but I'm sure it's just a matter of time. However, I cannot for the life of me see how we can reasonably be expected to remember every pin number, pass code, pass word, membership number, phone number, entry code & dates of birth/maiden name etc that we are asked for now?

Queenie

Wait til we get ID cards Lillibet .... we'll all be known by a number then and we'll have no use for our names!!

Dash it! I knew I should have called my youngest "Number 5" :doh:

Mango

yep, soon sainsburys are going to stop allowing you to sign for your stuff - you will have to use the number - which is going to be a real problem for me!

this has already happened to me in a couple of smaller shops, not big chain ones yet

Ticklemouse - I heard Martin singing on Radion 2 too cheered me up as i'm baking in the office and i want to be outside in the park.

Does this coffee shop sell ice cream? I could really do with one of those blocks of ice cream you used to get between two wafers and wrapped up in paper. Or is that wishful thinking??!

Queenie - my Dad has always called me 'number 2 daughter' :rolleyes:

Ticklemouse

But I thought that we had all given our kids similar names anyway. I mean, my boys ARE called DS1 and DS2. Aren't yours?

Ticklemouse

Mango wrote:

Queenie - my Dad has always called me 'number 2 daughter' :rolleyes:

That would be OK - as long as you weren't the eldest son...:D

(I'm going now)

Lillibet_2

Ticklemouse wrote:

That would be OK - as long as you weren't the eldest son...:D

(I'm going now)

My Grandaprents always used to introduce my Dad as their number 2 son, despite the fact that he was the eldest by 8 years:mad: And they had the cheek to deny that it was favourtisim:mad: Beacuse of this I have vowed that I will never ever have DS1 & DS2, I will have to call them DS + initial or something (although I'm only planning on having one anway;) ) Sorry, on my Friday afternoon soap box.....will get off & grab an Earl Grey if I may?