Credit card signature strips

Today's topic is credit cards. Or, more specificly, that little strip of paper on the back of a credit card onto which you are supposed to sign your name. Is it possible that they could make that thing any smaller? I had to sign one today, and I could barely do it. The end result was that whatever I had scrawled onto it ended up looking nothing like my usual signature. It was all scrunched up and basically looked like it was written by a three year old who was using their non-writing hand. I tried correcting it, but that made it look even worse. The funny thing is that sometimes when you use the card at a store, the clerk will look at the back of your card, to compare the signature with the one you just wrote. They usually nod and hand the card back to you, apparently satisfied that you are the right guy. As if they can tell. (I once read about a guy who used to sign "Mickey Mouse" instead of his own name, and most of the transactions went through with no problems.) Anyway, if they want to have a more accurate example of our signatures, they should make that signature strip somewhat larger because what they've got now is totally useless.