maybe there's something like this buried in the fine print, but I don't think anyone in the US worries about this. I certainly don't. the usual way a transactio

maybe there's something like this buried in the fine print, but I don't think anyone in the US worries about this. I certainly don't. the usual way a transaction goes is you hand the employee your card and they swipe it for you. in any case, it makes no difference whether you wait to get the receipt first for a meal. either way, you are handing them the card and they are swiping it outside your field of view. credit card issuers heavily favor the customer in disputes. lots of people unknowingly make chargebacks in situations where it's actually not legal to do so. it still gets processed, the customer gets their money back, and the merchant eats a punitive fee.