I used to work in a hardward shop back in pre-chip 'n' pin days
If we got a card on the stop list (A4 sheet of tiny printed rows of numbers), we called them from the till, cut the card up in front of the 'owner', and took the £50 out of the till...

Of course, being a hardward shop, there was generally a big axe sitting behind the till :) - not to mention the white spirit filled spray bottles (sneaking up behind fellow workers and setting their overalls on fire FTW)
( snee held his breath since, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:02, 1 reply)

we also had a big axe behind one of the tills
but we never called her that to her face
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 14:06, closed)