Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Good Deeds and Postal Codes

Good deed for the day: my not terribly fluent linguistic skills came in handy this morning as I helped a couple of tourists from Spain buy their first Metro Card for the Subway. 

Why is it that European credit cards never work in automated kiosks in the US (and vice versa)? The machine asked for a ZIP Code, which you're supposed to enter on a numeric key pad. Other countries don't have ZIP Codes. They have Postal Codes, and in many cases they contain letters as well as numbers. Luckily, the couple had a $20 bill. It's much easier to pay in cash! 











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