I cannae doo it, Cappin!

[Imogene]

Had a guy come through my line yesterday, cart full of glass beads, some flowers, and other assorted stuffs. In total, his purchase rang up to... $115, or something like that. I give him the total, he digs into his pocket, and produces a blank check, unfolds it, and hands it to me.
"Um...?"
"Can you fill it out for me?"
"Er..."
"I don't know how."
(Side note: It looked like a business check.)
"No, I'm not supposed to fill out checks, plus, my computer doesn't have that capability. I'm sorry." I hand the check back!
"Okay, then, I can't buy any of this."
"Okay. SM (standing at the register behind me) I need a void."
SM comes up a moment later, and asks why, so I fill him in. He muttered something that sounded like, "I'd have filled it out for him..." but I'm not sure.

[Chazzie]

What kind of guy purchases blank checks without knowing what to do with them? o_o Did he expect to have everyone else fill them out for him for the rest of his life? That's what I call "waiting to be scammed". XD

[Imogene]

Now that I think about it, I probably could've pointed to each line and told him what to write and where.

[tollbaby]

Believe it or not, my ex-husband (we've been separated for three and a half years, but we're not divorced) still has me fill out his cheques for him, and all he does is sign them when he's done. *sigh*

[Jester]

I learned how to write checks when I got my first bank account. When I got my first job. When I was SIXTEEN! What rocks have these people been hiding under?!?!?

[HawaiianShirts]

I learned how to write checks when I got my first bank account. When I got my first job. When I was SIXTEEN! What rocks have these people been hiding under?!?!?

I was wondering that myself. I learned how to write checks in a required "Life Skills" class in junior high. I think I was twelve.

I'm going to join the Attempted Scam camp on this one. Sounds like he was thinking that if you filled out the check and he got pegged for check fraud, he could escape blame by turning it back on you. "But I didn't write the check. She did!" I doubt it would have worked, but we all know that our would-be scammers are not always the brightest bulbs on the string.

[ShinyGreenApple]

I learned how to write checks in 5th grade.

On the other hand, I have had customers who didn't know how to write checks, but rather than asking me to do it, they admitted they didn't know how and asked me to teach them.

I will fill out checks for older folks with arthritic hands, though.

[Lingering Grin]

I learned how to write checks when I needed to fill out my first rent check.

Well, more like "figured it out". I just remembered what my parents used to do, and then did that.

[Tito]

Um, how can anyone not know how to write a check? I've known how to do it since I was a kid.

I agree with the above. That smells like a scam to me, too. A pretty pathetic attempt of one, at that.

[Princess-Snake]

Jeez. I was eight when I learned how to fill out a check. How can one not know how to fill out a check in this day and age?

[rerant]

Name.
Amount.
Recipient.
Date.
Signature.
Memo, if you feel it's necessary.

Oh, so hard!

[Slytovhand]

Ok - bypassing the whole "I learnt to when" line... it's there in black (or blue, or green) and white...

Name... amount... amount in words.... signatures... etc...

What's the damn problem (unless, of course, he was illiterate - which would sound more like a scam anyways. If he's been an active member of society, then he would have the basics on what goes where - like a red octagon with symbols is a stop sign...).

But pulling a blank cheque out of his ass.. I mean pocket?? yeah - right!!

[jnd4rusty]

There could be the possibility that he did NOT know how to write. Unfortunately in today's society there are people who can't read or write. (my mom is one of them) So instead of embarrassing himself further he asked for help. I don't see anything wrong with filling in the blanks as long as they sign them. I bet he just did not know how to write.

[chainedbarista]

*sniffs air*

i also smell a scam or theft of some sort.

maybe he genuinely didn't know, but my bs meter is doing overtime on this one. i also learned how to fill them out as a kid, from watching my mom write them up.

[powerboy]

I learned how to fill out a check when I was 10. Our teacher had opened up fake checking accounts( she had fake play money in a box with our names on them ). And if depending on what grade we got on something, then that would be how much play money we would get to deposit in our accounts. The checks and the deposit slips was made by hand by the teacher herself. And twice a month, we "would go shopping". It was a fun time in class

Sorry for the tread hijack.

But I do think that it was a scam that he was trying to pull.