>Almost every commercial transaction at the retail level allows you to use a method of payment that does not guarantee that the seller will actually receive that money (credit cards).
That's not how credit cards work. At all.
>You order food for pickup, and the great majority of restaurants will let you walk in and pick a bag off an unattended table without any attempt to verify that you did in fact order what you're taking
I have literally never seen this once in my life. Where do you live where the "great majority" of restaurants operate this way?
That's not how credit cards work. At all.
>You order food for pickup, and the great majority of restaurants will let you walk in and pick a bag off an unattended table without any attempt to verify that you did in fact order what you're taking
I have literally never seen this once in my life. Where do you live where the "great majority" of restaurants operate this way?