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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Maybe it's just me but I consider it incredibly rude to stare at someone paying to the point where I can identify the type of card they are using. That's almost as bad as looking over someone's shoulders to watch them enter their bank pin number. I know there are cultural differences but here in America if I feel someone is too close to me while I enter my bank PIN I won't hesitate to ask them to back off or at least give them a long dirty look.
Unless the card has some big red X or huge writing which says FOOD STAMPS it seems to me that if you can tell you are likely already looking for it and you know what you are looking for. The only way I have ever known that someone in front of me was using them was when either they or the cashier mentioned it and that has been extremely rare.
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It's hardly staring and it's not even remotely close to looking over somebody's shoulder when they are typing in a pin number.
You are standing there waiting in line looking forward. The person in front of you is pulling out their wallet, their purse, their checkbook, whatever. You would need to purposely look away and close your eyes not to notice. Furthermore, you often hear the cashier say "I'm sorry ma'am, that cannot be purchased with your XYZ card." And that isn't eavesdropping, that is sitting there being a normal person standing 2 feet from another.
I also notice when the person in front of me is buying a beer that I like. Whoa!
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