May 10, 2006
The One Where I Hate Checks.
I was in line at Trader Joe's the other day and I had the unfortunate pleasure of being stuck behind a woman who wrote a check to pay for her purchase. This prompted me to pause and ask myself "Who in god's holy name still writes checks at a grocery store?!" It's the equivalent of of driving behind an elderly lady going 10mph. You have to pull your checkbook out of your bag, write the dollar amt, yadda yadda yadda on it (oh and lucky me, she was one of SLOW writers), wait for the checker to verify the amount on the check, only before checker asks you for your license after which you dig through your purse to find your OTHER wallet only to have to pull said driver's license out of its little clear wallet compartment because the cashier is unable to read the full name after which he proceeds to write authorization, date, and other crap on the check. In the meantime the person behind you is growing gray hairs and secretly wishes to kick you in the nuts because maybe they're missing a baseball game on TV. Seriously, who writes checks at the store anymore? It's the equivalent of having an eight-track. It's the equivalent of having a 1G computer. My checkbook is god-knows-where collecting dust. Two words people: debit cards. One more word: convenience. Look into it!
Posted by Nancy at May 10, 2006 11:08 PM
