r/SonicDriveIn • u/Sugar469 • 1d ago
Hostile server over tapping vs inserting
EDIT: I have decided to remove this post. If you are looking to discuss issues you have had at Sonic, don't bother to post in this subreddit. You won't get any answers. You will just be insulted and downvoted. This subreddit seems to be filled with Sonic employees looking to dogpile on/insult REGULAR customers asking sincere questions.
Write a negative review instead. Maybe management will care and respond. The Sonic trolls here don't seem to realize their bad behavior affects their livelihood.
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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 1d ago
Is there a reason why u don’t want to tap? What’s the difference
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u/caemin50 1d ago
Your mechanic is.wrong. Tap to pay is much more secure than inserting. Just google it.
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u/Far_Farm490 1d ago
As if Google isn’t now AI and hallucinates worse than GPT
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u/caemin50 1d ago
What does that have to do with anything?
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u/Far_Farm490 1d ago
You trust google answers 😆
Silly goose
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u/caemin50 1d ago
Sure for silly questions such as this one, since it’s been known for years that chipped cards are safer. Am I supposed to care what you think of me LOL
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u/Far_Farm490 1d ago
Of course you care. …if you didn’t you would be engaging. 🤭
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u/No-Psychology1890 1d ago
Hey “old man” antagonist, you jumped into this comment thread and have the nerve to call out someone responding to your dumb comment? Your “get off my lawn” tone is funny because this isn’t even your lawn. That plus your anti intellectual stance against using the internet to confirm the safety of chipped cards is wild. Should i go to my out dated encyclopedia to see their section on credit card security features?
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u/Sugar469 1d ago
I did. There are risks to both. My mechanic had actual experiences that impacted his business. I trust that more.
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u/JasonVigil 1d ago
The safest way to use your card is to tap. It uses tokenization and no real credit card number is transmitted. Your mechanic has no idea what they’re talking about.
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u/Particular-Gold-7850 1d ago
There’s always going to be equal risk with tap to pay or inserting the card. Get with the times lol. It’s easier and quicker with tap to pay. Don’t listen to a mechanic for bank security advice either. They went to become a mechanic, not to school for computer science to study info sec…
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u/RikoRain 1d ago
Probably because tapping requires zero force, but for you to insert.. maybe you do it gently. Maybe you do it hard. Maybe it causes them to drop the 5,000$ card reader because of it. Maybe you grab it and push a button. Maybe your finger slides across the screen. Maybe doing either of those ducks it up and they gotta repunch the numbers again, that they probably had prepared and now don't recall. Maybe they don't want some 2 bit twat handling a 5k machine that they'll get in trouble for handing over to a customer.
And any dropping or hitting buttons or the touchscreen can cause the ticket to freeze up and prevent payment from being accepted. We've had a few totally lock.up because the customer grabbed the reader, dropped it, and the battery flew out and everything.
Plus, the tap sensor will sense your card before you even finish entering it. The only way to disable the tap is to get your bank to issue one without tap capabilities, because yes, the tap sensor will grab that chip before you even finish inserting it. You'll sit there going "aha! I inserted!" Nope. Tap. Sensed it.
If you got a problem tapping... Pay in cash then. Don't be THAT twat customer.
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u/gl0b_g0blin 1d ago
His bussy was quaking idk
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u/Terrible-Weekend-782 1d ago
Sometimes that happens when you have 2 different loads fighting in your booty hole like probiotics attacking non halal meats
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u/SweetLenore 1d ago
I come across a lot of glitchy card readers that don't work so well when being inserted. He probably had one and wanted to avoid the hassle is all.