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Even after a year and a half in New York, the exchange of business cards can be an awkward ritual. Getting Carded Dispatch From The East Village by Jami Attenberg Around the same time I got a job that warranted having a business card, I moved to a city where people my age actually handed them out freely. I was a Phone Number Scrawled in Lipstick on Paper Scraps kind of girl for years. I waited tables. None of these positions required anyone to know where you worked.