Be a hero, use the double zero!

I took this photo of an ATM keypad the other day because it made me laugh. Originally I took it for the double zero on the keypad but only after I took another look at the photo did I notice the "decimal point" key. Whatever happened to the good 'ol "." key? Isn't it easier to print a key with a dot on it then a key with "decimal point" in both English AND Arabic?

Anyway, back to the 00 phenomenon. When you talk to locals (everyone but Americans, really), when verbally spelling words (and even phone numbers for that matter) they spell words like book 'B-Double O-K' as opposed to our traditional way of spelling out 'B-O-O-K'. It really threw me for a loop when you ask for phone numbers. People will say '3-9-double 6-double 9' instead of '3-9-6-6-9-9.' So it should come as no surprise that the lazy fuckers put double zero keys on their ATMs.