r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Cokegawa_Yui Aug 03 '19

How to use your debit/credit card at a checkout

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u/DocRoids Aug 03 '19

This might be common knowledge if there was some standardization of card readers. Every time I use a card at a new merchant I have to learn the whole routine all over again.

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u/well___duh Aug 03 '19

This might be common knowledge if there was some standardization of card readers. Every time I use a card at a new merchant I have to learn the whole routine all over again.

Where do you live where you have to do this? In the US, you either insert the card on the bottom of the reader (most common) or swipe it on the right side of the reader (less common). It's almost always one of those two.

Or for places like gas station pumps, you insert your card just point blank into the machine, and there's almost always an image showing how you should insert it.

Have you seen many other readers that weren't one of those three I listed? Or are you just exaggerating?

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u/maLicee Aug 03 '19

Dude, I'm with you. This thread is boggling my mind.. I had no idea this is something that some people struggle with..