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Originally posted by Auditor_Kevin:
I asked my girlfriend and she said pretty much what I already said:

The receipt that printed out that she kept was for $2.83. She didn't write anything in the tip line and just signed it. Then, when she was looking at her account online she saw that the debit went through for $3.83, exactly a dollar more.
Even a hotel or restaurant, which Starbucks is classified as neither, the maximum charge allowed by Visa or Mastercard for a gratuity addendum is 25%. At $2.83, a $1.00 gratuity is more than 35% of the initial charge.

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Originally posted by Auditor_Kevin:
This was in Florida at one of those Starbucks thats inside a hotel. She orders this coffee all the time and knows exactly what it costs.
So, lemme get this straight. The heist occurred not in a retail store, but in a hotel, which merely serves Starbucks coffee? And the scamming cunt who robbed your special lady in broad daylight worked for the hotel, and not Starbucks?

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Originally posted by Auditor_Kevin:
And regardless of what technical mumbo jumbo you throw out there, her reciept was for a dollar less than what she was actually charged.

The "barrista" tipped herself a dollar. It's as simple as that.
It's not technical mumbo-jumbo, they're called "facts". In conjunction with questions, they can be a mighty powerful tool.

What your special lady friend probably experienced was an additional debit charge, and that is imposed by her bank, not the retailer. But that would require her to use a PIN instead of a signature, but you're right, why let technical mumbo-jumbo get in the way of perfectly good outrage?

Does your girlfriend get mad at the weather guy when it rains?