Dear Linkedin,

Sat Jun 9 20:48:16 UTC 2012

On 06/09/12 15:43, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barry Shein"<bzs at 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
My personal favorite is to ask if I spelled my name correctly?

Lyle Giese
LCR Computer Services, Inc.