Consumers routinely give out their credit card numbers to low-paid telephone operators everyplace from L.L. Bean to the Home Shopping Channel.

FORBES: The trust paradox

The basic gear order must be Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, and a low gear, usually designated with an L. The movement to Drive from Neutral must be a clockwise motion on a column mounted shifter.

WSJ: Changing Gears: Auto Makers Ditch Familiar Shift Levers

Moreover, USCIS has compelled employers to engage in months-long paper chases by increasing Requests for Evidence, such that over 60 percent of L-1B petitions filed in 2011 received such a request (up from a low of 2 percent in 2004).

FORBES: Over-Regulated America