Credit Cards in US SitComs?

Mr Veritas | 11:20 Sat 27th Feb 2010 | Personal Finance

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In US SitComs,such as Friend,Will & Grace etc,they often "lend" their Credit Card to a friend,and this has confused me.
OK, on more modern SitComs I presume that the friend tells them their pin number(not advisable) that is IF chip and pin operates in the USA (can someone tell me)?
However,some of the SitComs are (as with Friends) presumably before chip and pin,so how does the friend who is "lent" the card sign for goods,food,etc?
Maybe I am overlooking the obvious,or is it just a device used in SitComs that doesn't happen in reality,like the goings on in soap operas.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Thank You,
Alec.

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bednobs

America has had chip and pin for significantly longer than over here. When my sister forst moved to the states nearly 20 years ago she was using her bossess credit card in this way

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Thank You bednobs,
That would probably explainit.

Zac,
I just wondered what they did in the Stats that's all.

dzug

There's also the 'fact' that US merchants are very lax about checking signatures on CC slips. Mostly they don't even look. So any old squiggle would do.

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