Please Swipe Your Card the Other Way

I came across this EFTPOS Machine recently. It had a hand written note stating 'BLACK STRIP THIS WAY ->'. Ever since I ask counter staff wherever I go how often people insert their card around the wrong way. Answers have ranged between 50% wrong and greater than 50%.

I suspect little icons like these are not helping:



 

How would you design the machine better?

Comments

[Nathan McGinness]

I thought I was the only one. It's a terrible icon. It confuses me almost every time.

[so]

So which is the right way to swipe the card? The icon doesn't help me at all. Are you supposed to swipe the black strip toward the main body, or away from it?

[Keith Lang]

The black stripe is supposed to be touching your fingers side, not the thumb side (for the righthand) :-)