What Ever You Do....Don't Write a Check!

Ok world.  If you are still writing checks as a form of payment...you should be shot.

Seriously.

I swear...If I get behind one more old lady paying with a check at WalMart again, I just might go postal on her!

Because you can't just write a check, confirm your drivers license number, and move on your way.

Nope.

Now you don't write on the check at all! 

In this day of technology you don't write a check anymore. You just give them a blank check, they feed it through the check feeder thingy, you look at it, confirm that it is the right amount, and sign the little screen thingy.  

Transaction done.

For anyone under the age of 65 that is.

For an old person it is broken down more like this,

Attempt to write your check while the cashier is trying to tell you not to write on the check. 

Wait for it to register to above said old person that you are handing someone a blank check....a blank check to your account...giving them total access to your life, money, social security money, retirement and what ever else you might hold near and dear! Oh hellllllll no! 

But somehow the cashier is convincing (never mind the line that has collected in the checkout and about 5 sets of eyes glaring their way) and the old person feels the pressure and hands over the blank check.

The cashier fumbles with the check.

Wait some more.

And then they have to dig for their drivers license and show proof of who they are.  The cashier has to explain that they sign the screen thingy instead of their check as they are still fumbling with their license!

All the while I have 3 kids at a checkout....grabbing last minute crap and trying to either break it or stick it in the basket.  And it is the inevitable that one will have to pee....NOW.

I'm pissed at this point and am about ready to pay for the old lady's crap myself just to move her along.  

The kicker is.... the cashier hands the lady back her check.

DAMN IT!!

Because you know the gal is REALLY confused now! After an explanation from the very patient cashier the lady is finally done.

FINALLY!

10 minutes later.

Jeeezzz US! Check writing should be banned, outlawed, refused....by every business!  

But then people like my mother would be lost and not know how the hell they are supposed to pay their bills....save the stamp and use online bill pay.  But teaching her how to do it is quite another story.  I still have to walk her through using the remote control!