 Also, she tries to make sure her cover letters have personality so she doesn't end up coming off like a robot herself. I'm Stephanie Hughes for Marketplace. And there's this old custom where people would pay for something by pulling out, get this, a booklet of paper slips, usually two and three quarter inches by six inches. They'd write down the store, write the amount in numerals, then again as narrative, look up and list the date, sign the thing and rip it out of the booklet.