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Re: Dear Linkedin,


From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:43:20 -0400 (EDT)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Shein" <bzs () world std com>

A friend would print in block letters in the sig area of his credit
cards "ASK FOR PHOTO ID". He said that almost always cashiers et al
would give a cursory glance like they were checking his signature and
say thank you and hand him back his card.

This seems like an altogether excellent time to haul out *this* old
chestnut:

  http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/

FWIW, My cards have always said SEE ID, and I get about a 40% or so hit
rate on that.  It's been odd recently, cause I sometimes forget, and the
privacy reflex kicks in and makes me want to say "Why??"  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra () baylink com
Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates     http://baylink.pitas.com         2000 Land Rover DII
St Petersburg FL USA      http://photo.imageinc.us             +1 727 647 1274


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