Casual Observation

Do you know how sometimes when you use your debit card you just sign your signature and sometimes you have to enter your four-digit pin number? Well, there is a whole depressing backstory to that distinction. And, if you enter a pin number, you save the store a bunch of money.

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.