Things that puzzle from a book published around 2011: Luckily I'm old enough to remember that once upon a time we had to sign a piece of paper when making a credit card purchase — something I haven't done for so long now it's ancient history. What would kids make of this puzzling passage?

Things that puzzle from a book published around 2011:

Screenshot of a portion where Dar signs a slip for a credit card purchase.

Luckily I'm old enough to remember that once upon a time we had to sign a piece of paper when making a credit card purchase — something I haven't done for so long now it's ancient history. What would kids make of this puzzling passage?

2024-09-24 1:41 am

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jean

@Miraz We still sign them in the U.S. in a lot of places. I know, we are barbaric.

At least it didn’t say “he took the card, placed it on the imprinter and put a 3-part carbon blank receipt on top of it before running the handle back and forth to get the imprint…”

2024-09-24 2:06 am

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Miraz

@jean LOL for the rewrite. And some places still sign! 🤯

2024-09-24 2:51 am

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