I went to Sweetbay, a local grocer, on the way home from work today to pick up some International Delights liquid coffee creamer/sweetener (Vanilla Hazelnut flavor if you must know). I only had this one item in my hand, so I thought my checkout process would be pretty quick, assuming there was an open register. I quickly scanned all open registers and happened upon a line with the conveyor belt totally empty -- sweet! -- so now I just have to wait for the 38 ish-year-old female customer to finish her transaction, then I could bring home the sweet artificially flavored goodness home to my hot little wife's waiting arms.
But did it go as I planned? Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be writing about it, silly goose! No, this woman stood there, with her (right around) 10 year old daughter looking on, writing out a check for the patient grocery employee.
For those of you too young to remember, a check is something that people used to stand there and physically WRITE OUT before the broadly accepted card payment options of credit or debit cards. It's probably even older than cash. Don't quote me on that though.
Anyways, this isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened to me, and I'm sure it happens every day in stores all around the country, but what I'm wondering at this moment is, "Is it acceptable for me to ask this woman if she's ever heard of a debit card?" I MAY have actually asked her this, but I didn't want her daughter to feel like her mom was a loser, so I decided against it. I guess that's just the nice guy in me.
So finally the little check scanner got done scanning her check 15 times to make sure it was legit, then the cashier took down her phone number and put it on the check (couldn't she just make one up? Does that really help?), and it was my turn to purchase.
The cashier swiped my one bar coded item, I swiped my card, entered my pin, took my receipt, and was off to fight another day.
So, anyone have any ideas as to when it's ok to start belittling check users in public? Do any of you (nutbags) still use checks?
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I hate people too...especially elder people and children.
Anyone that still uses checks should be shot. No questions asked. Just get an f'ing checkcard like the rest of us.
Maybe not all people are as blessed to have a check card, maybe she lost her card and didnt receive the temporary one yet, maybe her daughter used it at pink pony and it was cancelled. maybe her account was negative and she was writing a check that wouldnt clear until her welfare check was in, maybe they didnt accept food stamps
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