Now I’ve been going to this particular Del Taco for at least 4 years. Most of the drive through people know me by sight if not by name, and they all know me by order.
“Bacon double Del Cheeseburger With No Lettuce, Chips and Salsa, Macho Coke (although sometimes I just get the cheeseburger, and other times I just get the macho coke)
But one day a few weeks ago, there was a new guy in the drive through window. I was getting a Bacon double Del Cheeseburger With No Lettuce and a Macho Coke, for a total of $4.69 I handed the guy my debit card, its been used so much that my signature has worn off. He asked for my ID.
Now I have to admit I wasn’t in the greatest of moods to begin with, and I wasn’t sure where my drivers license was (I knew it was in my purse somewhere). After a few minutes of looking I said “just give me back my debit card and lets forget this” and I drove down the street to Burger King where they didn’t care about the signature or lack thereof on my debit card.
I’m all for preventing identity theft. I shred personal documents and I cut up old credit/debit cards. I take the mailing labels off magazines if I am recycling them.
But really, if you stole somebody’s debit card would you rush right off to Del Taco just to buy a bacon cheeseburger and a coke? I DON’T THINK SO.
This idiocy gets even better though. A few days after the great cheeseburger debacle, I am in the same drive through lane just getting a macho coke this time. My luck, I get the same intelligence challenged guy, and yes he wants my ID for a lousy $1.69 coke. Its the cheapest large coke in town so I grudgingly gave him my ID.
I haven’t seen this guy since. I wonder if he asked for ID from the wrong person………