...Seriously?

[PepperElf]

well mine were already on file with the navy
but i never knew you had to give them for a casino... tho the only time i went to a casino i used cash.


but thinking about it, i'm not surprised
it would possibly come in handy should there be any crimes to investigate i guess?

[Alteran Ancient]

If I was asked for a fingerprint, then unless it was with a Biometric reader (An electronic scanner), then I would refuse. I don't want to touch an ink pad that an undefined number of people have already used with their dirty fingers.... and I hate the ink too. I think that in these terms, one should be offered an alternative.

P.S: I've been CRB-checked twice (Criminal Records Bureau). Once for community service arranged by my education centre, and again by my main employer; the job involves caring for Disabled Children. CRB's are relatively easy.

[Anakah]

Yeah, our thumb printer are pretty icky. I've had to throw some away because of how disgusting some people's thumbs were. One guy had a bandaid and took it off and pushed his thumb in! I almost puked and wondered WHY he didn't USE THE OTHER ONE.

We give those wipes after also for germs but think about this---the money probably has way more germs than that thing. My hands turn black just from counting a few clips of cash.

Ours are wax, so all you have to do is rub your fingers together and it comes off but I do see the germ side being an issue. Though I've seen people put money in their mouths too... lol

Yeah I just never know how others feel about things like that... I am numb and used to it all. I guess I was just curious what could've been going through his head.

[Aethian]

Think monies bad? Try not to think of that letter you just recieved from grandma and how many machines it went through.

[Mystic]

Honestly, it's a privacy issue with me. BOA likes to do the whole fingerprint to cash checks, which is one of many reasons I won't bank with BOA. They are not a detective agency, so they have no need for a fingerprint. Any fingerprint in question would get forwarded, so it would be in more than just BOA's computer database.

Some may call it silly, but I don't like being treated like a criminal when I'm not. Same goes for shopping. No I will not show you my recipt.

[trailerparkmedic]

Your customer wouldn't like Texas, then. We have to give thumbprints every time we get a new driver's license in person.

I've been fingerprinted for several jobs, from the Army to a call center where we worked on credit cards (had to pass an FBI background check). At work I have to get my hand scanned to get into some areas. I guess it doesn't matter much to me anymore because it seems like everyone already has my fingerprints.

[Broomjockey]

Same goes for shopping. No I will not show you my recipt.

:facepalm: We really did not need receipt-checking brought up. Anyone who tries to continue this tangent will be receiving an infraction.

[yomiko]

BOA likes to do the whole fingerprint to cash checks, which is one of many reasons I won't bank with BOA.

I was under the impression that they only do this when cashing checks for non-account holders. I would imagine that the ID + debit cards of account holders would be sufficient identification.

But I do agree with you, in that I'm a bit of a privacy wonk myself. When people ask me things of that nature, my knee jerk reaction is to ask why without making the slightest move to comply.

[Anakah]

It is for first time check cashiers. But sadly I don't know why this info is needed as along with the social. They just expect us to do it, not ask why and we have to say its policy cuz we don't even know why certain things are needed. But atleast now I can see why he was hesitant and upset.

Its funny though everytime my fiance cashes his paychecks in his own casino, they have to fingerprint their checks. Go figure.

[Dips]

I'm seeing a lot of posts about whether requiring a fingerprint is a violation of privacy.

That ends now. That is a fratching topic.

I've also seen people bragging about how they will refuse to supply a thumbprint in other situations, which has nothing to do with this thread.

The OP works in a casino that offers check cashing as a *courtesy* to customers.

They happen require a thumbprint.

The SC refused to supply it and was politely refused the *courtesy* of having his check cashed.

And instead of accepting the fact that if he wants to use their services the SC has to comply with their rules, he kept trying to weasel his way around the rules.

He's a jerk. If he wants to waste time finding another casino that has check-cashing rules that suit him better (if it exists), I'm sure the OP won't miss him a bit.

[BlaqueKatt]

Gee I had to give all my fingers plus my palm print for my job...Oh NOES I'm in the system!

meh -the local police have my prints(liquor license)
and the FBI has BOTH my prints and my DNA on file(military)

I can never commit a crime

[Pagan]

I can never commit a crime

Sure you can! Doesn't mean you won't get caught, but it doesn't physically prevent you!

[Mikkel]

meh -the local police have my prints(liquor license)
and the FBI has BOTH my prints and my DNA on file(military)

I can never commit a crime

I have only had my fingerprints taken once, that was when I was suspected in a murder case , I didn't do it, I didn't even know the guy.
I suppose the police still have them, though, should I ever want to off somebody, I'll have to wear gloves.

[Sarlon]

I had to be fingerprinted a few different times...once for school, and twice for a job where I worked security....

only had to be finger printed twice because there was a problem with my first set of prints....where I had sliced off a large portion of the pad of my finger there were no...lines? so they thought my manager didn't get a complete print off my finger, they had to take a picture of the finger in question and reprint me.

the best part? I got to flip off the government since the finger in question was my middle finger.

[LadyAndreca]

I got printed when I was around seven, because some girl got kidnapped from our school by her father and he got all the way to the border of the next state before they caught him. (This was almost ten years before the Amber Alert system was set in place.) My school held a big child safety fair soon after and fingerprinted as many of the kids as they could.