These people should be beaten...

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
I am suprized that people who know how to use a computer and post on Anandtech actually use checks

Well, shipping a chest full of gold dubloons to my credit card company every month becomes rather expensive.

 

[Nitemare]

Your story is nothing....

I went to a grocery store after 11 one night, so of course there is only one cashier open. The parking lot is nearly a graveyard though so not to bad, right?

I had a total of 5 items and saw a skinny old lady and I were heading to the checkout at the same time. I slowed up a bit to let her win, be nice to your elders and women and all that crap...

She has two orders in the same cart...little irked but shouldn't be that much longer...

The first order and she pulls out a fistful of coupons, I think she had two coupons for every item or something, half of which were already expired. Price check on two items, chit chatting with the cashier, complaining about the prices. Did not want one item because of the price..

The second order, more coupons, more expired coupons and haggling over a jar of oysters, price check on one item. Did not want 3 items because they were not on sale

I think the first order was for 17 the second was for 22. By the time she finished there were 9 people lined up behind me. Had I been purchasing just for me I would have left my crap there and went to another store. All in all it took 45 minutes for the lil' b1tch with half a cart to finish checking out. She paid cash out of the same stack of bills for both.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: tangent1138
i know it can be frustrating, but i think as a whole our culture needs to learn to relax and be patient.

Other people should relax and be patient...me...I'm in a hurry dammit!

 

[40Hands]

from working at a gas station back in my day, I have to agree that checks are out dated and take longer. I also notice that most people that write checks are older and don't want to change they're habit. Sorry people but DEBIT CARDS ARE FASTER AND SAME THING AS A CHECK. Oh and most of them also work like a credit card but take the cash out of your bank account for stores that dont take debit. Get with the times people.

 

[Mathlete]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Mill
Why the hell use a check/debit card either? CC+rewards = ownage.

*confirmed*

Plus the floating thing. The longer my money remains in my possession...the longer its earning ME interest instead of some one else.

WOW. I can save 20 seconds of my life and earn $0.000001 on the money earning interest. That is the most amazing idea I have ever heard. If I did this for like 40 years I would have enough money to buy an extra pack of smokes.

How about there are still people that are not a slave to the american credit card industry. So your telling me that it makes more sense to leave the money in an account that earns 3.4% APR and put the bill on a credit card thats probably like 18% interest. I know that your comeback is going to be that you pay off the bill as soon as you get it but most americans don't.

<------never had a credit card...never will.

<------thinks it's a form of slavery

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Perknose
True, it may take on 15-20 seconds or so for many to write a check, but this isn't what happens with the people I get in line behind.

The check writers are overwhelming female and older. They stand there passively until the entire order has been checked through and the total tallied. ONLY THEN do they begin to fumble in their purses for their checkbook. This takes awhile. All that time, they could have had everything filled out but the total, but, NOOOOOOO!

So, they find their checkbooks, and THEN the search for a pen begins. When they do find a writing implement, only THEN do they begin the long, slow, laborious process of filling the check out. Trust me, it takes them a lot longer than 15-20 seconds. Did I mention their search for their reading glasses? And who among us can properly spell Acme or SuperFresh each and every time without having to pause and ask and try, try again?

Finally, the amount is somehow always yet another roadblock. They ask the cashier, they are told, but between the time they are told and the time they raise their palsied hands to the checkbook, their mental grip on what that amount was just melts away.

Often, as a bonus, they drop their pens and can't find them.

But that's why supermarket checkout lines have the National Enquirer nearby.

I am a tremendously important man, and the world is a far poorer place for the several seconds that my full and direct attention is diverted from the solving of its many tragic problems.

But I use this time to grab a copy of the NE and replenish my personal database on Elvis sightings, UFO sightings, and the whole red state universe of "Mom puts diaper on cabbage, mistakenly boils baby for dinner" type folks.

I see the whole process from a deeply religious viewpoint: The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.

Rotflmao!!!!

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Mathlete

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Mill
Why the hell use a check/debit card either? CC+rewards = ownage.

*confirmed*

Plus the floating thing. The longer my money remains in my possession...the longer its earning ME interest instead of some one else.

WOW. I can save 20 seconds of my life and earn $0.000001 on the money earning interest. That is the most amazing idea I have ever heard. If I did this for like 40 years I would have enough money to buy an extra pack of smokes.

How about there are still people that are not a slave to the american credit card industry. So your telling me that it makes more sense to leave the money in an account that earns 3.4% APR and put the bill on a credit card thats probably like 18% interest. I know that your comeback is going to be that you pay off the bill as soon as you get it but most americans don't.

<------never had a credit card...never will.

<------thinks it's a form of slavery

I earn 2% back on every purchase made with my credit card. And most people who aren't retards can pay the bill off at the end of every month.

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: tangent1138
i know it can be frustrating, but i think as a whole our culture needs to learn to relax and be patient.

Other people should relax and be patient...me...I'm in a hurry dammit!

anyone cruising the Anandtech Off Topic forum has too much free time!

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: tangent1138
i know it can be frustrating, but i think as a whole our culture needs to learn to relax and be patient.

Other people should relax and be patient...me...I'm in a hurry dammit!

anyone cruising the Anandtech Off Topic forum has too much free time!

There is no such thing as to much free time.

 

[forumJunkie]

WOW I got conned to buy a check book when I opened my bank account about 2 years ago, and I wrote... *puts head down in shame*... 8 checks

 

[dquan97]

Some people pull out cash from their underwear (read: females); only then will I prefer check over cash. Nevertheless, I still have the same book of checks for almost 2yrs now. I use CC for purchases and online bill pay for bills

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: tomstevens26

Originally posted by: kranky
How long does it take to write a check? Seriously.

Is there a vast difference between the time it takes to write a check, and the time it takes for someone to find their cash, hand it to the cashier, and wait for their change?

My problem isn't how long it takes people to write a check. It's the time it takes for the clerk to sit there and scribble down a driver license number, make sure all the detail on the check is correct, write down a work phone number, check ID, etc...etc... Then they run it through the register, wait for it to print, etc...

Geez, swipe the debit card, enter the PIN, done. Checks suck. I think I'd rather see someone at the grocery whip out some live chickens to barter with instead of writing a check.

Tom

if you have a savings card with the store they dont need to write down or see anything, they just scan your card, and put teh check in the printer thing, takes all fo like 3 seconds

 

[Hammer]

here's the scenario: express lane (10 items or less), woman waits until the last minute to take groceries out of her cart and put them on the treadmill, woman writes a check for 15 items; uses coupons and wanted cigarettes (cashier has to walk to other side of store).

i gave her the dirtiest look i've ever given anyone in my life.

 

[Elbryn]

Originally posted by: Anubis
last time i was at the supermarket i spent over 400$, WHY THE FVCK woudl I NOT write a check

if you allready waited for them to ring up 2 carts full of food you can wait 20 seconds longer

because with the right credit card, you'd get back 20 bucks?

 

[Elbryn]

Originally posted by: Mathlete

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Mill
Why the hell use a check/debit card either? CC+rewards = ownage.

*confirmed*

Plus the floating thing. The longer my money remains in my possession...the longer its earning ME interest instead of some one else.

WOW. I can save 20 seconds of my life and earn $0.000001 on the money earning interest. That is the most amazing idea I have ever heard. If I did this for like 40 years I would have enough money to buy an extra pack of smokes.

How about there are still people that are not a slave to the american credit card industry. So your telling me that it makes more sense to leave the money in an account that earns 3.4% APR and put the bill on a credit card thats probably like 18% interest. I know that your comeback is going to be that you pay off the bill as soon as you get it but most americans don't.

<------never had a credit card...never will.

<------thinks it's a form of slavery

credit card rewards is a way to whore the credit companies. you pay your balance and you're making them work for you, not the other way around.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: poopaskoopa
At least she didn't start balancing her book right there. Oh man that just kills me.

That's a big 10 - 4.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Tell the fvcking hoe to get a goddamn check card.

If you don't have credit above a baseline level, They (the banks) will not just give you one.
Elitist, bourgoise cushon.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Mathlete

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Mill
Why the hell use a check/debit card either? CC+rewards = ownage.

*confirmed*

Plus the floating thing. The longer my money remains in my possession...the longer its earning ME interest instead of some one else.

WOW. I can save 20 seconds of my life and earn $0.000001 on the money earning interest. That is the most amazing idea I have ever heard. If I did this for like 40 years I would have enough money to buy an extra pack of smokes.

How about there are still people that are not a slave to the american credit card industry. So your telling me that it makes more sense to leave the money in an account that earns 3.4% APR and put the bill on a credit card thats probably like 18% interest. I know that your comeback is going to be that you pay off the bill as soon as you get it but most americans don't.

<------never had a credit card...never will.

<------thinks it's a form of slavery

I earn 2% back on every purchase made with my credit card. And most people who aren't retards can pay the bill off at the end of every month.

Exactly. I think Mathlete just doesn't have a great understanding of credit.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: Perknose
True, it may take on 15-20 seconds or so for many to write a check, but this isn't what happens with the people I get in line behind.

The check writers are overwhelming female and older. They stand there passively until the entire order has been checked through and the total tallied. ONLY THEN do they begin to fumble in their purses for their checkbook. This takes awhile. All that time, they could have had everything filled out but the total, but, NOOOOOOO!

So, they find their checkbooks, and THEN the search for a pen begins. When they do find a writing implement, only THEN do they begin the long, slow, laborious process of filling the check out. Trust me, it takes them a lot longer than 15-20 seconds. Did I mention their search for their reading glasses? And who among us can properly spell Acme or SuperFresh each and every time without having to pause and ask and try, try again?

Finally, the amount is somehow always yet another roadblock. They ask the cashier, they are told, but between the time they are told and the time they raise their palsied hands to the checkbook, their mental grip on what that amount was just melts away.

Often, as a bonus, they drop their pens and can't find them.

But that's why supermarket checkout lines have the National Enquirer nearby.

I am a tremendously important man, and the world is a far poorer place for the several seconds that my full and direct attention is diverted from the solving of its many tragic problems.

But I use this time to grab a copy of the NE and replenish my personal database on Elvis sightings, UFO sightings, and the whole red state universe of "Mom puts diaper on cabbage, mistakenly boils baby for dinner" type folks.

I see the whole process from a deeply religious viewpoint: The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.

Rotflmao!!!!

He's missing a few steps...
- Check write asks how much they can write the check over for to get cash back. They've shopped at this store at least once a week since 1963, and it hasn't changed since then, but they ask anyway.

- The cashier asks for ID. They always do, but the check writer has always put away their purse/wallet already and has to dig it out. Bonus points if they left their ID at home.

- Cashier writes down or confirms info on check. Bonus points for dyslexic and/or illiterate cashiers &amp; out of state licenses.

- Runs it through the machine. Bonus points for rejected check.

- If everything has gone smoothly at this point, the cashier now has to make change for them for the amount they wrote the check over the amount. Of course, they can never just add $10 so that $4.73 becomes $14.73, and the cashier just hands them a 10-spot. They round up to the nearest multiple of 5 or Pi, whichever strikes their fancy, forcing the cashier to count out the change.

Some check writers have their sh|t together, but it's a crap shoot.
Between all this and the amount of check fraud out there, I'm suprised B&amp;M retailers even take checks any more.

 

[midwestfisherman]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Anubis
last time i was at the supermarket i spent over 400$, WHY THE FVCK would I NOT write a check

if you already waited for them to ring up 2 carts full of food you can wait 20 seconds longer

Because a credit/debit card is faster. There's no good reason why we should have to wait any longer than necessary - if there's a more efficient way to do something, do it.

You're stupid!

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: midwestfisherman

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Anubis
last time i was at the supermarket i spent over 400$, WHY THE FVCK would I NOT write a check

if you already waited for them to ring up 2 carts full of food you can wait 20 seconds longer

Because a credit/debit card is faster. There's no good reason why we should have to wait any longer than necessary - if there's a more efficient way to do something, do it.

You're stupid!

That was a quick and efficient way of flaming him! Glad you did it! 😛

 

[midwestfisherman]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: midwestfisherman

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Anubis
last time i was at the supermarket i spent over 400$, WHY THE FVCK would I NOT write a check

if you already waited for them to ring up 2 carts full of food you can wait 20 seconds longer

Because a credit/debit card is faster. There's no good reason why we should have to wait any longer than necessary - if there's a more efficient way to do something, do it.

You're stupid!

That was a quick and efficient way of flaming him! Glad you did it! 😛

You're welcome 😉 😀

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Anubis
last time i was at the supermarket i spent over 400$, WHY THE FVCK woudl I NOT write a check

if you allready waited for them to ring up 2 carts full of food you can wait 20 seconds longer

$400 on two carts, you need to use grocerygame.com

 

[CPA]

I have a shirt that reads: "Carries No Cash". 99% of the time I do not carry cash.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
when i was a cashier.. it was always the women..mostly older women. its annoying as f*ck.

yip and they stand there with a stupis a$$ grin on thier face and watch each item being rung up, which causes them to go into a hypnotic trance. they stand there for a few seconds after the last item is rung and the cashier says "mamme your bill is $$$" they blink a few times and then slowwwllllyyy reach into their purse and THEN START WRITING THE DAMN CHECK AND TAKE 5 F*CKING MINUTES TO WRITE THE DAMN THING!!!! :|

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