text:  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 six by two and three quarter inches. They'd write down the store, write in the numerals, then again as narrative the amount, look up and then list the date, sign the thing and rip it out of the booklet.