We had this in Europe for a few months, it was painful there too, but eventually everywhere will be chip only and the swipe will be literally removed.

I understand the US is doing a slightly slower rollout so you guys might have to put up with either/or for almost a year, but once it is done you'll get used to using the chip pretty quickly.

The two "big" dates for EMV in the US is Oct 2015 (liability shift: merchants) and October 2017 (liability shift: fuel dispensers and ATMs)[0]. After Oct 2017 there will be no reason for banks to issue cards with a magnetic strip at all (although they CAN for travel).

In Europe some banks no longer issue cards with magnetic strips (chip only).

[0] https://www.aciworldwide.com/-/media/files/other/published%2...