# Cashiers: How would you like me to tell you I ain't giving you my phone number?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 15, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074 "2003-06-15T20:00:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074/61 "2003-06-18T11:59:53Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by [t-bonham@scc.net](mailto:t-bonham@scc.net) \*  
> [BSo I don’t see signatures on credit slips being much use for security. But they might be useful if someone else charges against your account – you can at least show that it’s a forged signature.\</hijack\> \*\*

Exactly right. If you can show that the signature is forged, the merchant becomes responsible for the fraud. It is their job to check the signature, even if they don’t.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074/62 "2003-06-18T16:12:49Z")

</div>

I don’t think I’m _allowed_ to refuse payment with a credit card because of the signature. I don’t know why they bother.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074/63 "2003-06-18T19:38:52Z")

</div>

I like to give the number of someone that drives me nuts. That way, telemarketers can drive this person insane in their spare time.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-how-would-you-like-me-to-tell-you-i-aint-giving-you-my-phone-number/182074.md?page=3)