Anyone still write checks at the grocery store?

[Exterous]

Had to wait behind this inconsiderate person who wrote a check (I think thats spelled cheq^@ue for you Canadians) for her groceries. This person wasted entire seconds of my life. Entire! Seconds!

 

[BoomerD]

Be glad that wasn’t my wife...not only does she occasionally write checks...but she would have to dig through her suitcase...I mean purse for coupons...and if they're expired...for other ones...and if they’refor a different brand than what she bought...she’ll argue with the cashier...ask for the manager...and keep looking for other coupons...

 

[lxskllr]

I don’t write checks, period. The one or two times a year I need a check like thing, I go to the PO and get a money order.

 

[bigboxes]

Be glad that wasn’t my wife...not only does she occasionally write checks...but she would have to dig through her suitcase...I mean purse for coupons...and if they're expired...for other ones...and if they’refor a different brand than what she bought...she’ll argue with the cashier...ask for the manager...and keep looking for other coupons...

Except for the checks, that's my wife. Ugh. Death penalty for grocery store check writers!

 

[Geekbabe]

What’s a check?

 

[PeterScott]

Had to wait behind this inconsiderate person who wrote a check (I think thats spelled cheq^@ue for you Canadians) for her groceries. This person wasted entire seconds of my life. Entire! Seconds!

I never did that in my life, and I am over 50. Bank cards have been around for 20 year or so, and before that I used cash for groceries.

 

[MtnMan]

Only the woman ahead of me in the line, who seems totally surprised they want her to pay for her groceries, then had to dig to the bottom of a 2-suiter purse to find her checkbook, then a pen.

 

[MtnMan]

I don’t write checks, period. The one or two times a year I need a check like thing, I go to the PO and get a money order.

I'd rather write a check or have a root canal than wait in line at the post office.

 

[ondma]

I use a cash back credit card and pay it off every month. Amazingly the city office where I renew my vehicle tabs requires you to pay a fee for using a credit or debit card, so I write a physical check there.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd rather write a check or have a root canal than wait in line at the post office.

No line for me. I have a small PO within walking distance that probably shouldn’t exist, but as long as it's there, I'll take advantage of it.

 

[ondma]

I'd rather write a check or have a root canal than wait in line at the post office.

Don't you have to pay as well to get a money order?

 

[brianmanahan]

my grandma/grandpa still write checks everywhere they go

and they pay their sams club card off by driving 45 minutes to the nearest sams to drop the check off every month on the due date

they just refuse to do it any other way

 

[VirtualLarry]

I write checks, for rent, but never for groceries (*). I've got a debit card.

My Mom though? Whoo boy. Yeah, she writes.... checks.

(*) Not saying, that I've never, ever written a check for groceries. Maybe back in the 90s or something I did.

Edit: To be fair to Mom, she does pre-fill the check out, minus the amount, in the car before she goes into the store.

 

[lxskllr]

Don't you have to pay as well to get a money order?

Yup. Still beats keeping track of a checkbook, and the recipient knows they're gonna get paid. A check's worthless til it clears.

 

[Exterous]

I'd rather write a check or have a root canal than wait in line at the post office.

Mine isn't too bad if you get there 45 min after they open and then before 11:15am

my grandma/grandpa still write checks everywhere they go

and they pay their sams club card off by driving 45 minutes to the nearest sams to drop the check off every month on the due date

they just refuse to do it any other way

Its an annual membership

 

[bigboxes]

Mine isn't too bad if you get there 45 min after they open and then before 11:15am



Its an annual membership

I don't have one, but there are Sam's Club branded MasterCards.

 

[brianmanahan]

Its an annual membership

yah not the sams door cards, they have one of the sams club credit cards too

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Wait behind one moron that can't work the card scanner and needs a team of four different store employees to walk them through it and you'll be begging for someone with a check.

Only the woman ahead of me in the line, who seems totally surprised they want her to pay for her groceries, then had to dig to the bottom of a 2-suiter purse to find her checkbook, then a pen.

Same with credit cards, debit cards and cash too. Standing in line checking out and it doesn't dawn on people that they're going to have to use some form of payment at the end of it all. Gotta keep your head buried in your phone, don't be one fucking second behind in catching that latest text.

 

[pete6032]

Wait behind one moron that can't work the card scanner and needs a team of four different store employees to walk them through it and you'll be begging for someone with a check.


Same with credit cards, debit cards and cash too. Standing in line checking out and it doesn't dawn on people that they're going to have to use some form of payment at the end of it all. Gotta keep your head buried in your phone, don't be one fucking second behind in catching that latest text.

I've come to the conclusion that some people are just incapable of thinking sequentially. This pisses off sequential thinkers like me and others to no end.

 

[Lanyap]

Only the woman ahead of me in the line, who seems totally surprised they want her to pay for her groceries, then had to dig to the bottom of a 2-suiter purse to find her checkbook, then a pen.

Seriously, the little old ladies wait until their groceries are completely rung up then they dig in their purse for their checkbook and pen, take forever to write their check then they put everything back in their purse and fiddle fart around for five minutes before they move their buggy. All in the span of 15 minutes.

 

[BoomerD]

Mine isn't too bad if you get there 45 min after they open and then before 11:15am



Its an annual membership

Well, yeah, but they now have 144 years of membership pre-paid...

 

[Red Squirrel]

I rarely write cheques. There are few occasions where it's needed/easier such as to pay a contractor for a one time job (no point in setting up etransfer etc for a one time deal) but other than that I use cash or debit/credit card.

 

[pcgeek11]

Yes, I use checks at the grocery store. I do usually pre-fill the information as I'm waiting in line.

 

[highland145]

Admit it, OP, you used the extra time to check out her ass.

 

[ondma]

Yup. Still beats keeping track of a checkbook, and the recipient knows they're gonna get paid. A check's worthless til it clears.

Huh?? My checks have a carbon underneath that automatically makes a copy when you write the check, plus you can look up all your checks on-line through the bank or credit union. How is that any harder to keep track of than a money order? Seems just the opposite to me, i.e. easier to track than a money order. Plus if the payee loses the payment, the bank can immediately verify that it was paid. Only advantage I see to a money order is that the payee is assured it is valid (I guess, are there fake money orders?), and it is a one time thing, not like a checkbook that you can lose. But in over 30 years of having a checking account, I have never lost a checkbook.