Tuesday, December 23, 2008

quicko: EFTPOS

Perhaps I should have studied economics a bit harder, but I was really taken aback the first time I encountered POS in a professional setting. I'm pretty sure the entire acronym is "electric funds transfer point of sale" (does that require hyphenation? a comma? no wonder they acronym it.), and they use it absolutely everywhere. People even say "EFTPOS." Surely there's something better -- "use your card!" perhaps?

1 comment:

RodeoClown said...

But "use your card" is ambiguous, as credit cards work differently to EFTPOS...