HomeDepot is no slouch when it comes to computers, and neither are the card company data centers so I'm guessing the chip on the card is the slow point. Its so minimal and small I think the tech hasn't caught up but it probably will by the next generation.
Nobody will remember slow cards in a year.
I use them all the time, the extra wait time isn't a problem for me. What 15 extra seconds? My biggest problem, if you could call a tiny annoyance like this a problem is I never know which the retailer requires, I swipe when I have to insert and insert when I need to swipe.
We have traffic lights in San Diego that make you wait 2 - 3 minutes for no good reason, and none of them are synched so one hits most of them red no matter what speed you are traveling. Its been the age of the computer for 40 years and they still can't get the lights to work right or the laws working right (why can't you proceed through a red light if its safe after you stop?)
Personally I'd rather see a card than someone on their phone fumbling for a card at the last minute keeping everyone else waiting for no reason.
But you know, if this is a problem... all you have to do is think about the plight of the people trying to escape the anarchy we built in the middle east, families, little kids, living in mud, being deported back to Syria. That puts it in perspective. |
