With the holidays approaching, people are searching for the perfect gift for their loved ones. For some, gift cards can be a great present. If you browse the gift card rack carefully, you may find a few that offer multiple options. Although they may appear to be a win-win for everyone, one server issued a public service announcement warning that they could create more problems.
How do these gift cards cause more issues?
“Hey, quick PSA from a server. When you’re gonna buy a gift card for your family member, and you’re like, ‘I’m gonna get one of those gift cards that’s got 20 different things on it,’” Knoxville-based server Sav Pierce (@savkaypierce) tells over 109,000 viewers, unveiling a $25 One4All Ultimate gift card. “Please don’t.” Then, she explains her reason for this.
“Because they bring this gift card into the restuarant, and there’s five steps they need to take in order to turn this gift card into a gift card for the restaurant they want to take it to,” the content creator elaborates. “And it’s not very clear. So, 99 times out of 100 that someone shows up with one of these, I end up having to go take it in the back and do it on own cell phone.”
By taking it upon herself to activate the card, it eats up time in her shift. “It takes 10 minutes of my time because the 99-year-old woman you gave that gift card to does not know how to do it,” Pierce says…