I handed over my card and it was declined! "That happens sometimes when you try to blip it. It'll work if I do the PIN". Sure enough, it did. Lo and behold, the couple wearing joggers/t-shirt and a TEMU dress managed to pay their bill when the guy in the fancy suit couldn't.

Next to us was a group who were bragging to each other about how much money they were making. When the bill came, one said "Don't worry, I've got this" and handed over his credit card, which was promptly declined. Three times! In the end, someone else had to pay the bill for him.

Using Cloudflare means we can turn on "under attack mode" when it happens, so we can keep running. Someone out there clearly doesn't want us posting up scammer information, but we're not going to stop.

If you want to see the full schedule, you can find it at bsides-bournemouth.org/schedule.html