[magnolia]

That is so terrible!! So very sorry you are going through this. I have a story that does not involve debit/credit card. A couple of years ago, I took my boys out to eat at a local resturant with some friends (hubby was at work so I wasn't cooking). I stopped by ATM and got $40 cash to pay for our meal which was a little over $30. Since there were 10 people in our party, they automatically added the tip in so my total was around $37. I gave the waitress a twenty and 2 tens to pay for my tab (this was witnessed by my friend, her son, and my youngest). Well, a few minutes later, the waitress returns and said, "You didn't give me enough money" and proceeds to open the black book (you know the one I'm talking about) and shows me my twenty and 1 of the tens. I proceeded to tell her the exact amount I had given her in bills and told her she better find my other ten. She wanted to argue with me until my friend, her son, and my son spoke up and said they saw me give her the $40 and how I had given it to her. She started looking around on the floor by my chair and I told her best look in her pocket as that's probably where she'd find my other ten. Well, she turned around and walked off, returning again moments later with my change!!! Funny how that ten magically reappeared!! She then had the nerve to ask if I wanted my change and I looked at her and replied, "Well, since the tip was already figured in my tab and you had the nerve to accuse me of not giving you enough money when you actually pocketed the ten, yes I DO want my change". I found out a few days later that there was a sting going on at that resturant where several of the employees were stealing credit/debit card info and charging big ticket items....they caught the employees who are now sitting in jail and we've not returned to that resturant since!