LogFAQs > #895960485

So I want to know if this is more common than I realize or if it's just stupid. I think it's stupid.

I went to taco bell today to use the remainder of my gift card, i knew it had somewhere between $6-8 on it, but couldn't remember exactly. So I order some food in the drive thru, the total is $8.39. I get to the window, hand her the card, she takes it, and brings it back and says that they can't split the check between whatever's left on the gift card and whatever else I want to pay with, and that the order was more than what was on the card, so I essentially couldn't use it. (Well I could if I knocked off some of what I ordered but I feel bad doing that and I was also hungry so that was on me).

Now this seems incredibly dumb because it essentially prevents someone from using the entirety of what's on the card, even if it's like $.40 or something like that, because unless you go ahead and plan exactly what you want every time you use it and factor in tax to come up with, say, $25 exactly, you're usually going to be left with at least some change on it. Or more egregiously in this case, $6.61, which I was told was how much was left on the card.

So, I ask, is this a commonplace thing? If so, what reasoning could they have for doing so?
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