The Big Apple: “Customer Service: How does your name appear on your credit card?” (joke)

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from January 21, 2017

“Customer Service: How does your name appear on your credit card?” (joke)

"How does you name appear on your credit card?” is a typical credit card question, asking about a name’s spelling and any middle name or initial. However. several jokes take this question literally. “How does your name appear on your credit card? ...well it’s indented so blind people can read it and it’s silver” was posted on Twitter on August 19, 2011.

“MomofTeen” posted on Twitter on November 4, 2016:

“Customer Service: How does the name appear on your credit card?
Me: If i had to guess, I’d say it’s 11 pt. Arial bold.”

Twitter
Hannah Robinson
‏@MrsTCasey
How does your name appear on your credit card? ...well it’s indented so blind people can read it and it’s silver hahahaha
3:50 AM - 19 Aug 2011

Twitter
Andrew Benton
‏@And0
Me: And how does your name appear on your credit card?
Caller: [pause] What does that mean?
Me: #facepalm
10:37 PM - 5 Jan 2014

Twitter
Justin ‘Yoda’ Lewis
‏@YodaLewis
Billing Lady: “And how does your name appear on your credit card?”
Me: “Capitalized… All of it… like a Boss.”
#ItsHowIRoll #BOOM #SWAG
5:15 PM - 5 Jan 2016 from Chattanooga, TN

Twitter
☕ Trevor Branton 🏡
‏@TrevorBranton
Q. How does your name appear on your credit card A. ‘Embossed’ 😂 couldn’t resist it. #FridayFeeling @Torbay_Hour
#TorbayHour
12:29 PM - 29 Jan 2016

Twitter
MomofTeen
‏@MomofTeen
Customer Service: How does the name appear on your credit card?
Me: If i had to guess, I’d say it’s 11 pt. Arial bold.
10:47 AM - 4 Nov 2016

Twitter
JonsJokes
‏@JonsJokes
Customer Service: How does the name appear on your credit card?
Me: If i had to guess, I’d say it’s 11 pt. Arial bold.
1:41 PM - 13 Nov 2016

Twitter
JaJouneOok
‏@jannie_joubert
Customer Service: “How does the name appear on your credit card?” Me: “If i had to guess, I’d say it’s 11 pt. Arial bold!!!”
9:30 AM - 15 Jan 2017

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Banking/Finance/Insurance • Saturday, January 21, 2017 • Permalink