Quote Originally Posted by Pam

Anyone still write checks?

Now days you get accused of "holding up the line" if you write a cheque in a store!

I was in a lil Maw & Paw shop a month ago with a few items ($25.00 or so) and
a short line behind me ...
I (incorrectly) assumed they wouldn't have a "modern" card swiper system,
so I'd pre-filled a check with everything but the amount ...

Sweet Young Thing rang me up and ammounced my total --- I scribbled in the amount ...
... and offered my cheque before the register tray popped open ...

and a mumbled "Don't you have a CARD!? ...
I'll have to get this APPROVED! ... Cash would almost be easier!"

"Approval" required:
* Paging the Manager from the distant regions of the store
* The Boss arrived wearing a Dirty Look that got more sour we he was handed my cheque
* (second one I'd heard for one cheque) and a demand for my driver's license
* A careful comparison of my driver license signature and mug shot
* An inquirey as to the correctness of the check's printed address & phone number
* The affixing of the Manager's Approval via initials in the corner
* And a parting Dirty Look as said Manager returned to his interrupted duties

Not to mention the increasing from the assembled multitudes
now stacked a dozen deep in line behind me!
"Oh, Good Grief! ... He's trying to pay with a CHEQUE! "

I grabbed my bag and ran!

/s/ Ole Phart Phred