What's the corporate equivalent of being removed from the gene pool? I've probably spent more time fighting this great vampire squid wrapped around the face of the travelling community. Even more than BoC probably.

The slip pics was sent from an experienced hongkongcard.comer, with the following explanation:

"When I was given the merchant sales slip to tick which currency I prefer, and before the customer slip is printed, the machine awaits the cashier to press enter or clear, wiht no explanation.

I was thinking -
1) enter means accept dcc and clear means decline dcc
2) enter means print and clear means no need to print

When cashier press enter the customer slip is immediately printed without dialing"

I advised based on my Maldives experience with this same giant squid I believe (2) was the case.

Whilst it has not pursued a total relapse of its 2011 state, this is still very non-helpful to travellers and clearly non-compliant:

1. the quote slip is gone;

2. no indication of what choice is being asked for; and

3. the default choice is to DCC.