It is amusing how different expectations are in Europe and in the US; I still remember the first time I went to the US (2001, methinks). The first time I used

It is amusing how different expectations are in Europe and in the US; I still remember the first time I went to the US (2001, methinks). The first time I used my credit card and they used one of those card imprint thingies and asked me to sign, I naïvely thought they were trying to con me. In fairness, though, my native Norway was a quite early chip adopter as the banks had to bear the cost in case of fraud as long as the user had not exhibited gross^2 negligence - my first debit card (1993) was chipless, but the 1995 replacement had a chip - whose use was voluntary at first, then enforced a few years later.