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Originally Posted by Blossom
It depends where it happens. I've seen some cashiers go out of their way to make sure everyone in the line and the next knew about it. I remember one poor woman in front of me had it happen to her and the cashier was made sure she raised her voice so we knew. The man behind me said "Aren't you suppose to cut them up when that happens?" I guess he seen too many movies or was joking.
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I never find the situation embarrassing in the least. Whenever this happens, it's because I've made too many transactions in a short period; and that's nothing to fret about. I don't care how many people in line know about it. At this point, the cashier has two options: either let me make a phone call to get the block lifted or cancel the entire transaction.
One time this happened while I was grocery shopping. I had lots of refrigerated and frozen stuff. When they refused to let me make the call to get the block lifted, I told them to cancel the entire transaction. I then moved off to the side (well within hearing distance of everyone involved), made the call, and got the block lifted. I then turned to the person I was with and said "let's go grocery shopping again". We then went and re-shopped for everything we previously had and made a point to go back to the same cashier. She gave me a look and I held up my card and said "same card, let's do this again"; grinning the whole time. I don't think they were too thrilled about having to put my first cart of groceries away; especially since it contained so many cold products, forcing them to do it right away. But hey, I gave them an easy out and they rejected it.