Okay. So this one is weird

[Mojambo]

I'm a cashier. This guy just comes up and pays with a credit card. I give him the slip to sign and he excuses himself to an adjacent counter and spends like 15 minutes writing on the slip. He returns with the following text written very neatly across the center of the slip...

Henry Christian Larsen
Masala Said Saladin
Saturday 24 November
2007 A.D

And then written next to that paragraph

H.C.L
M.S.S


So... even though he technically didn't sign it I didn't say anything cause he was really freakin me out man.

Does anyone have ANY idea what the hell this is supposed to mean? I haven't been marked for assassination by some ancient cult of crusader knights or something, have I?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. WTF

:wtf:

[Droopy]

2. Maybe it's his name, his wife's name, the date, and their initials

[marzipanni]

3. Those names are on this list. I googled them...

http://www.pacificdanceacademy.com/indonezia.htm

[Mojambo]

4. Hmm. Interesting.

I didn't think to read that second line as a name. Makes a bit more sense, but it's still a strange way to sign a credit card slip.

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. And you didn't call your manager over??

Freaky!
Was just reading about that name today! OMG!

Something you should know about.

Saladin:
Google it. It's a major player in Muslim religion to be like Saladin (Salah-al-Din)

Some info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin

[Mojambo]

6. I don't have a manager.

It's just me and the cash register!

Yeah, the Saladin reference was the thing that made me go... Uhhhhhh.

But it looks like that is actually a name, Masala Said Saladin. Perhaps his wife?

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. So, if the charge doesn't go through

the store is covered...right?

[Mojambo]

8. Well, the charge went through.

And I guess technically he did put his name on the slip, just not in the right spot.

We'll be fine. It was only 15 bucks.

[marzipanni]

9. Maybe Henry proposed to Masala today and he enjoys scrapbooking. ;-)

:shrug:

[deucemagnet]

10. The second name is an Arab name, so perhaps

this individual knew how to print in English, but did not know how to sign his name in cursive writing? Just speculating. :shrug: