You really believe that? Do you have your head so far up your ass? I don't want you to waste my time so I'm too important? How about you believe your time is so important you can waste a dozen other people's time and then call them arrogant when they'd rather you didn't. :roll:
You really believe that? Do you have your head so far up your ass? I don't want you to waste my time so I'm too important? How about you believe your time is so important you can waste a dozen other people's time and then call them arrogant when they'd rather you didn't. :roll:
hanoverphist
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most of the big grocery stores in my area have separate cash only lines for express. unfortunately, checks are considered cash. i argued with them one time (i was very bored, and it was late and slow in the store) that debit is really a form of cash, and they told me (after an hour or so discussion) that i was right, i could use a debit card in the cash only lane. i was only doing it because i was bored tho, i dont go thru those lines unless i have actual cash (which i rarely carry, except for fridays since the hotdog stand guy doesnt accept anything BUT cash).
BoomerD
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Most of the stores here have express lanes. Usually 15 items or less, and NO checks allowed. You can use a check card or cash only to pay for your purchases.
If waitng for someone to write a check is too much for you, HOW THE HELL do you manage to get around? Are you this impatient on the roadways? I can only imagine the rant from the OP if someone should be so rude as to have a major traffic accident on the road he had to drive on going to work or home...
If waitng for someone to write a check is too much for you, HOW THE HELL do you manage to get around? Are you this impatient on the roadways? I can only imagine the rant from the OP if someone should be so rude as to have a major traffic accident on the road he had to drive on going to work or home...
ViviTheMage
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hanoverphist
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LOL i just got this visual of a guy jumping and screaming in the middle of a line of people holding checkbooks that went ahead of him for miles.
Aikouka
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Yes. If you're going under the speed limit for no reason, you're in my way.
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Just forget it, Mike, there's no use talking to walls... trust me, they always say the same thing. They can't even look past the obvious to realize that there's more to it than simply holding people up. They can't realize that the points sane people are trying to make is that some people simply don't care about those behind them. Personally, I hate holding people up and try not to. I know I wouldn't want to be held up, so why would I hold someone up?
The only time I ever paid with a check is when I switched banks and didn't have my debit card yet.
mb
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That right there IS the problem. I think it's funny that you and a couple others are saying it only takes a few seconds to write a check. Ok, that's nice, congratulations, you win a place in the Guinness records book. :cookie;
Are you aware how many people cannot write a check quickly? Are you aware of how many untrained cashiers there are that have problems handling checks? Or do you just like to think that because you can write a check quickly and you haven't had a cashier have problems with it, that everyone else is and should be the same?
Or maybe you just enjoy disagreeing with every rant you see.
sao123
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oh no... I get it... I just dont give a crap...
just 4 u... im going to take my cart loaded full of groceries in the express lane... weigh out my fruit piece by piece... argue with the cashier over being charged 3 cents too much for a jar of peanut butter... buy a pack of cigars & 2 lottery tickets... make them rebag my groceries into paper bags instead of those plastic ones because they tear too easy... hand the cashier 38 coupons, and make sure she doubles everyone... and pay by a check which i will hand fill out on the spot...then im going to ask the cashier to page someoen to help me load all my groceries in the car... ....ALL Because you are an impatient moron.
kranky
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I'm trying to see your point, I really am.
But you're not defending your position well. Maybe we're not on the same wavelength here. Out of curiosity, how long do you think it takes to complete paying for something using cash, check, credit card, and debit card? I'm trying to understand what amount of time you feel you are being impacted by someone who uses a check as opposed to the other payment options.
I've only written one check in a store before, when I was 18 and buying parts for my first computer. My CC didn't have a high enough credit limit at the time. The store called my bank to verify the funds and wrote down ALL the info on my driver's license. I guess they must have been burned before. Luckily there wasn't anyone else in line.
I still write checks for rent, one bill, and one CC bill (they charge for paying on the internet, which doesn't make any sense, but hey, it's their loss).
I still write checks for rent, one bill, and one CC bill (they charge for paying on the internet, which doesn't make any sense, but hey, it's their loss).
OP I give your rant 3 :thumbsup:
This seems to happen to me all the time... in Safeway too, no less. Just the other week there was a lady in front of me writing out a check for her groceries, and she kept messing up and having to start over. Like you, the only check I write is for my rent, otherwise everything is done online/CCs. So I started saying in a louder-than-normal voice to my wife, "babe, what year is it? 2007 right?" She of course kicks me and tells me to stop being a d!ck as the lady gives me a sideways glance, but there you have it. That kind of thing pisses me off; I don't want to have to wait for you to write your check because you can't/won't figure out how the other 99% of us get by without it.
On that note... get EZ-Pass (or whatever it's called in your state) people; it's about damn time.
This seems to happen to me all the time... in Safeway too, no less. Just the other week there was a lady in front of me writing out a check for her groceries, and she kept messing up and having to start over. Like you, the only check I write is for my rent, otherwise everything is done online/CCs. So I started saying in a louder-than-normal voice to my wife, "babe, what year is it? 2007 right?" She of course kicks me and tells me to stop being a d!ck as the lady gives me a sideways glance, but there you have it. That kind of thing pisses me off; I don't want to have to wait for you to write your check because you can't/won't figure out how the other 99% of us get by without it.
On that note... get EZ-Pass (or whatever it's called in your state) people; it's about damn time.
Good lord. Where was this? At the Meijer's where I shop they just verify the amount on the check, put the check in a reader thing and thats that. Probably takes 15 seconds. Of course this does depend on my filling out the rest of the stuff early.
They are actually experimenting with having that reader fill out your check for you. I tried it once - all I had to do was sign my name. Took a bit longer than my filling it out, but its probably good for 70 year olds.
Come on dude - if everyone gets EZPass, then my lines will get longer and it will be faster to pay cash.
Ignore his above statement - EZ Pass sucks - it is so difficult to use and understand - it is far easier just to carry $20 for 50 cent tolls.
Apparently many of you expect every single person on Earth to be operating at 100% for every single moment of their lives. You need to think beyond your own little universe. People are different. Situations are different. You have no idea what an individuals circumstances are for them to be writing a check (or just being slow period). There are people out there who are developmentally delayed, mentally ill, people who are working on developing better money management skills, etc. The point is you dont know why and they dont have to explain to you, or get your permission, or ask for your forgiveness. If you are getting your panties in a wad over waiting 3 extra minutes for someone to complete a transaction then you are focusing on the wrong problem. It's not an issue of them wasting a few minutes your time (ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!); you should be looking at why you get so upset when this happens.
RandomFool
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I don't see what the big deal is. Is the extra 2 minutes waiting in line going to some how ruin the rest of your life? your day? Why is everyone always in such a big hurry, people need to slow down and take a breath everynow and then
It isn't the amount of time that I really care about, it's the fact that some check writers have a complete disregard for anyone else. This "Im paying how ever I want, if you don't like it, you can go fark yourself" attitude that pisses me off. I won't lump all check writers together, because some of them have already explained how you can write a check and not be an asshole. Some of you just don't care, asshole or not, it's your damn check, funded by your money, so you'll use it how you please. OF COURSE YOU WILL, it's your right to do so. Just becuase it's your right, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. For god's sake, think of someone else just once.
Instead of; "These 10 other people will just have to wait because I write checks, which is my right, and if they don't like it...tough." :roll:
Change it to a "Ill fill most of this out beforehand, so it will be a quick transaction" kind of an attitude.
RE
See, some of you assholes just don't give a crap. Stop being selfish pricks about writing a check and then I won't have a problem. You swear as if I think Im too important. I'm no farking more important then you or anyone else. It's YOU who thinks you're so GD important by holding up countless people just to do what you want to do. WHY? You can. :roll: 5 year old's arguement FTL. Time is almost irrelavent in my point.
EDIT: Yes, my grammar does suck.
What are we in Canada? France?American Express?
Checks People.
Never seen so many Cheques in a single thread.
Checks People.
Never seen so many Cheques in a single thread.
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