Top five reasons why I hate cheque writers.

[Silas G. T. Brontë]

I don't use checks for that reason.

Well, in here the only people who use checks here tend to be old and/or rural folk, as many of which think Debit cards are too "fancy" or "complicated."

[theredbaron47]

All those things bug me too, but the worst for me is when they have to hold up the line to write a check for 50 cents Why some stores still take checks for under 5 dollars is beyond me.

Brownie points! to whoever can recognize the movie:

The movie opens, and shortly thereafter, the main character is writing a check at Ralph's for 69 cents for a carton of milk.

I never understood this one either ... it's usually the ones who have the nicest, neatest, slowest handwriting that decide to balance their checkbook right then and there ...

Naturally. My theory is that since their registry is so nice and neat and organized, that they must care a lot about maintaining it. So much so, that they simply must balance it right then and there.

Until, that is, I (as the customer behind them) take a 2x4 to their hip.

When I was cashiering at the hardware store, it never really bothered me, as 99% of the customers were good about being timely about it. Plus, I was getting paid by the hour, so it wasn't any skin off my nose. There were always the times I just wanted just to get the line down so I could sit down and rest my feet, but that's just me being lazy, hehe.

However, the pharmacy is a different story. We don't have cashiers back there just to cashier; the cashiers are us, meaning who is available to ring at the time when a customer comes. I'm sure you can imagine what it's like when it's a busy Saturday or Sunday, just the pharmacist and me, with more prescriptions between the two of us to fill than two people could ever handle at once, and some asshole decides to pay by a check, and take ten minutes to do so.

Like someone else here said, that line tends to multiply damn quick when that happens.

[rerant]

And this is why I love the fact that my store does not take personal cheques.
We used to accept them for our store's creit card payment but not anymore.
Now we only take certified cheques, and they're such a rare occurance.

[BookstoreEscapee]

1. I know that you know the following things: today’s date, what store you’re in, and how to sign your name.

Actually, it always amazed me how many people asked me for the first two...

All those things bug me too, but the worst for me is when they have to hold up the line to write a check for 50 cents Why some stores still take checks for under 5 dollars is beyond me.

I once had a woman empty all the cash out of her wallet, then write me a check for the balance: One dollar and thirty-eight cents.

[MonSqueek]

Brownie points! to whoever can recognize the movie:

The movie opens, and shortly thereafter, the main character is writing a check at Ralph's for 69 cents for a carton of milk.

The Big Lawbowski. Cheque written by my idol..... The Dude!

/end very first post and goes back to lurking.

[Kyree]

5. Don’t fill out your registry before handing me the cheque.

I've only started cashiering at my job, and that's already driving me insane. Is it that hard to hand me the check WHILE you're filling I out?!

[powerboy]

Unless I have cash on me, I use my debit card on everything. My grandmother writes checks most of the time at stores. She already has most of it ready. But there is the few times, when she doesn't. But she writes fast.

[Imogene]

1. I know that you know the following things: today’s date, what store you’re in, and how to sign your name.

Apparently, your customers are smarter than mine, as I've had to tell customers in various jobs multiple times the name of the store. Often enough, I'd greet them with the store name, it was emblazoned on my lapel, and it was hanging over my head. As soon as I saw the checkbook come out, "Today's the nth, you're in *Chesterfield, predominantly*, and I need a license to do that check."
Most of the time, the next words out of their mouth? "Where am I?"

Too many customers have started to write out checks in my current job to MJ Crafts. One spectacularly stupid woman wrote our competition on her 'Pay to" line, I pointed it out, and she just kind of stared at me dumbfounded a moment, before crossing it out and writing in my store.

[MonSqueek]

Brownie points! to whoever can recognize the movie:

The movie opens, and shortly thereafter, the main character is writing a check at Ralph's for 69 cents for a carton of milk.

The Big Lawbowski. The dude is my idol !

/end very first post and goes back to lurking.

[Retail Associate]

If I had to guess, I'd say about 85% of the customers in my line when I was cashiering paid with a check. Out of those 85%, maybe 1% of them had filled out the date, store's name and their signature ahead of time. It was infuriating because it slows everything down.

A few weeks ago the store was slammed so I was called up front to run a lane. I had finished scanning the order for an older woman. It wasn't until I told her the total that she began to dig through her purse for her checkbook. At this point, she notices someone she knew in line behind her. That's her cue to start chatting, completely forgetting about filling out her check.

She's standing there yapping about nothing in particular when her husband pops her on the arm. She gives him this annoyed look and he points at her checkbook. She goes, "Oh, yeah," and starts filling it out.

Then, she once again forgets what she's doing and puts her chin on her hand while continuing her conversation with the woman in line behind her. I glance back at the other people in my line who are growing more and more impatient.

Giving her the death glare I say, "Excuse me ma'am but would you mind filling out your check please? People are waiting."

She ignored me.

Her husband pops her in the arm again, "Pay the woman already."

Old lady says, "Oh, sorry," and writes a bit more on her check...only to stop once more to converse with her friend. I had to ask her again to please pay for her order so I could continue doing my job.

Idiot!

Our chain just recently started using e-check. The customer gives us a blank check, the register reads/approves the account numbers then prints the info on it, customer signs the screen and we return the check back to the SC. You can just imagine how traumatic this has been on our SCs. You'd think the world has come to an end.

I believe we will eventually stop accepting personal checks altogether and that would be fine with me. Most places around here don't take them anymore so why should we?

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[IHateStupidCustomers]

I work a little mall kiosk, and we only take checks up to $50. (We really shouldn't take checks at all, 90% of them bounce, anyway). This lady the other day was making a purchase totaling just under $100. She begins to write a check, and I tell her I can only take a check up to $50 (there is a sign which says this very clearly on the counter where she's writing the check. She gets all flustered, asking what should she do. I suggested maybe if she had a debit card, or wanted to go withdraw cash from the atm, I can hold her stuff. I really don't care...just want her out.

So, she ends up writing a check for $50 and putting the remainder on her DEBIT card.

Why?

[mattm04]

To cash a check at my store you have to have to give your license to the CS desk where they put the info under you store card number. It has been this way for yeas, yet people don't understand this. If you forgot your card you give us your ID and we look it up so you can cash a check, no we will not take take your word. I really wish we would require a certain amount before you can write a check, like $5.

I had one old lady write me a check for a 59 cent roll. Yes, ONE roll, that was it. I offered to let the machine print it, all she had to do was sign. NOoooo, she had to S L O W E Y write out the check, ask me for total three times when the screen was six inched from her face then write in her check book, make sure it would balance then hand me the check. When I stuck it in the machine to endorse it, she threw a fit, claiming we would rip her off, etc.

[Brentos]

At my store you have to give your ID and a credit card. People get all offended when I ask for it, but it's like "if your bank account's fine, then it won't even be an issue."

I dunno why people get upset at me regarding store policy that really shouldn't even affect them.

[greensinestro]

I don't think check writing is ever going to go away completely. I still write checks for a few of my bills being I am more comfortable doing it that way. But, I do not write them in stores any more. Debit and credit cards are wonderful for this.

[Jadedcarguy]

I can't use checks. Not that my bank won't let me, I just find it nigh impossible to actually balance the checkbook no matter how careful I am. Something always gets screwed up.

I had a check scammer in last Saturday. He bought nearly $100 worth of stuff with a check, and came back to return it about an hour later. In this situation, I give the customer back his check since it's still in the register. OK? No. He wanted me to keep the check, and give him back cash. Sure, pal.