AITA for telling cashier that wasn’t the girls credit card?

A Reddit user shares an experience where they intervened during a purchase at a department store, when a teenage girl attempted to use her father’s credit card without permission.

After overhearing the girl’s comment about using her dad’s card, the Redditor decided to inform the cashier that the card wasn’t hers, causing a tense situation.

The girl was upset, and the Redditor’s actions sparked a heated discussion with their spouse, who agreed they were in the wrong. Was the Redditor justified in stepping in, or did they overstep boundaries?

‘ AITA for telling cashier that wasn’t the girls credit card?’

I was in a higher end department store today (rhymes with loomingtales) and happened to end up next to two teenage aged girls while shopping. One of the girls had picked out a pair of VERY expensive boots and they were both fawning over them.

Second girl must have looked at price tag and asks boots girl if she’s really gonna spend that much on boots. Girl with boots says something along the lines of “it’s fine I have my dads credit card I’m not paying ” which instantly caught my attention because THATS NOT HER CARD.

I’ve told my son multiple times he’s never allowed to use my card so I’m interested to see how this girl thinks she’s going to get away with fraud but had split up from the girls at this point because they had found something else.

We end up at the same register (me behind) and I see her total hit well over four digits. The girl is about to swipe her card when I decide that I can’t let her get away with something like this and someone has to parent this kid if no one else will.

I tell cashier that isn’t her card but her father’s and I’m not sure she has permission. Girl and friend turn and glare at me giving me possibly the dirtiest look I’ve ever seen. I swear this girl was going to throw a tantrum right there, I don’t think she was ever told no.

Girl tells cashier her father gave her the card to shop with because it’s the stores credit card and it gives him the points. Now that I’ve pointed out it wasn’t hers cashier tells her she can’t use that card. Girl tries to show ID to prove they have the same last name ( yeah that will help) and I tell her it’s still fraud.

Girl says it’s not fraud because she has permission and tells me to mind my own business. I tell her that it is my business that she’s doing something illegal she needs to pay with her own card or I call the cops. Girl is pissed now and people are glaring at me.

She uses her own card and leaves crying. Cashier looks mad at me and I tell my husband when I get home only for him to agree I was in the wrong.. So Reddit, ATIA?

These are the responses from Reddit users:

[Reddit User] −  YTA. Did it ever occur to you that she was telling the truth and her dad had given her his credit card? Mind your own business. Edit: Holy s**t this blew up. To everyone saying that she could have taken the card without permission, you are right.

But it is still none of OP’s business and there is no way to know for sure. If the girl was an adult who said she was using her husband’s card, OP likely wouldn’t have batted an eye.

Mongoosemancer −  YTA. Mind your own f**king business the girls dad probably makes money and she’s spoiled and it absolutely isn’t your job to parent her and embarrass her like that in a store. You also aren’t a federal law enforcement officer investigating fraud, just buy your s**t and go home.

ZeusMN85 −  YTA. Do you usually make a habit of sticking your nose into other people’s business?

2ManyBasses −  YTA….you have no idea what agreement she has with her dad, and you had no reason to interject yourself.

raduque −  YTA. Start minding your own business more and other people’s less.. Edit: I tell her that it is my business that she’s doing something illegal. Holy s**t I just noticed this. How the hell is it your business? You need to explain that. You are everything wrong with this country

shadows524 −  YTA. I understand where you’re coming from, but it’s a mind your own business kind of situation. The father let her have the card, you don’t even know if she’s allowed to use it or not. If she isn’t allowed to, he can deal with the situation as it is his child.

It’s not like she said she found the card on the street and is racking up charges everywhere. Plus you’re making everyone’s lives harder by being an ass. Calling the cops for a daughter using her fathers card? You need to chill out

Beachy5313 −  YTA. What the f**k dude? Plenty of parents hand over their STORE CREDIT CARD for their kid to shop in that store. It wasn’t even a damn VISA or anything, a “loomingdales” card. I can’t tell you how many times my parents did the same- I had permission to buy what I wanted or needed and to use their card.

Some people don’t have the same price constraints as you and a pair of shoes over $1k isn’t a big deal. AND EVEN THEN, it’s her dad’s card, he would have seen the statement and known exactly what she purchased that was that expensive.

The fact that this teen was able to pull out “her own” credit card and put it on there instead of walking away from the purchase shows that this girl is living in a very different world than you..

Of course she walked away crying; you were mean, belittling, sticking your nose where it didn’t belong, and causing a scene over a common occurrence. Adult and teenage me would have given you a big middle finger and then swiped my mom’s card (that I’m a g**damn authorized user on).

WeFightForever −  YTA. When a rich kids says “my dad’s credit card” that usually means its a card for them that their dad pays. Mind your business.

floodums −  YTA but I get the feeling you’re still gonna go home and argue with your husband about it and ignore everything you’ve learned here.

mcm0099 −  YTA so badly this should literally be a shitpost.

Do you think the Redditor was right to step in and call out the potential misuse of the credit card, or was their intervention unnecessary and rude? How would you have handled this situation? Share your thoughts below!