Wunderkind hactches a foolproof plot....

[GiftShopGirl]

....But she's foiled by talking about too loudly.

So today in the gift shop, I was working the ticket register when two teenage girls ask me if they can use a credit card in the gift shop. I say yes, and the two walk away giggling. Then I actually overheard them say this:

Girl 2: So are you really going to use it?
Girl 1: Yea, momma don't know I took it. She'll just sue for fraudulent card use or something anyway. It ain't no thing.
Girl 2: Cool, let's go stock up!

I ran behind merchandise desk and told CW that if anyone came through her line with a credit card who looked underage, she had to check ID. Sure enough, as I'm standing there, the two girls come through with their merchandise. We ring it up and girl whips out a credit card.

CW: Thank you; may I see your ID?
Girl 1: I forgot it.
CW: I'm sorry, I can't authorize this sale unless you can prove this is your credit card.
Girl 1: Well, I was born in 1996 if that helps.
Me: That only makes you 13 years old. You're not old enough to have a credit card.
Girl 1: Look, I'll get my dad on the phone and he'll tell you it's my card.
Me: I'm sorry, you have to prove with a valid ID that this is your card. If this isn't your card, and we actually swipe this, then you are committing identify theft and that's very illegal. So can you prove that this is your card?
Girl 1: No.
CW: Then you need to leave. Have a nice day.

Should we have called the police?

[Broomjockey]

Well, if it was the parents' card, I don't know the police would have actually done anything, considering it a family matter. Shoulda kept the card, imo, though.

[Kiwi]

Quoth Broomjockey

Shoulda kept the card, imo, though.

Agreed, then little miss priss would have to explain exactly why the credit card is missing.

[Red_Dazes]

I think you should have let her call her daddy and then asked him to call his wife and ask her if she KNEW her kid was trying to purchase items with her card.

[sexiphatchick]

I would've had her call her father and asked to speak to him myself, and tell the father what you heard her saying.

But then that may not have been the best thing to do.

[wagegoth]

Quoth Red_Dazes

I think you should have let her call her daddy and then asked him to call his wife and ask her if she KNEW her kid was trying to purchase items with her card.

They could be divorced and daddy doesn't care or would think it was a way to get back at the ex.

[Aethian]

Quoth Kiwi

Agreed, then little miss priss would have to explain exactly why the credit card is missing.

Thirded here. Shoulda kept it and then handed it over to law personal as a 'stolen' card since, it was.

[mharbourgirl]

Not the best thing, no, simply because there's no way to be sure that's her actual Dad on the other end of the line.

Hopefully her parents have some kind of fraud protection on their card. They're about to get an expensive lesson in the necessity of teaching your children right from wrong. Instead of just assuming it will happen because they're breathing.

[Enjis]

Quoth GiftShopGirl

....But she's foiled by talking about too loudly.

So today in the gift shop, I was working the ticket register when two teenage girls ask me if they can use a credit card in the gift shop. I say yes, and the two walk away giggling. Then I actually overheard them say this:

Girl 2: So are you really going to use it?
Girl 1: Yea, momma don't know I took it. She'll just sue for fraudulent card use or something anyway. It ain't no thing.
Girl 2: Cool, let's go stock up!

?

That only works if the parent is willing to prosecute their own child. A friend of mine used to work for a credit agency. She said she used to get parents calling in, saying their kid used their card, but they did not have permission, so the parent felt they did not have to pay for it.

The agency said that was true, as long as the parent cooperated in the arrest and prosecution of the one responsable...their kid!
You'd be surprised (not) at how many such cases were settled by the parents paying for what the kid 'stole' with their card.

[lupo pazzesco]

Quoth Aethian

Thirded here. Shoulda kept it and then handed it over to law personal as a 'stolen' card since, it was.

Fourthed! QFT