Thank you... now please LEAVE! (long and ranty)

[Reyneth]

I love this thread. Why? Because I sympathize with nearly all of the posters....but writing checks at the bookstore I work at is faster than debit! The POS system is so slow, it takes a minute or more for any plastic transaction to go through processing. Checks, I can write ID#, transaction#, DL# and register letter faster than that. Although there are the SCs that will take forever no matter what method of payment Oy.

I did a lot of blaming the slow card processing on the "high shopping volume" during the holidays (even though that doesn't have anything to do with it) and during the rest of the year, people aren't so impatient so we just use the time to bag the books, suggest a new author, etc.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Tightly folded into the pile of receipts she's been collecting since time began in an attempt to turn them into diamonds pressed in between the millions of cards in her wallet.

I love that one. Also "pursasaurus"

I had a woman once write me a check for $1.38. This after she cleaned out all the cash in her wallet. What the hell?

I only use checks for bills and rent. Also, my cell phone is currently on my dad's plan so I pay him with a check at the first of the month, plus any other money I may owe them. If they owe me for something I deduct it from their check.

Though I did write my brother a check for my half of the hotel room from my cousin's wedding last weekend. I don't know when I'll see him next and I really don't want to hang onto $60 in cash for however long. He IM'd me last night complaining that now he has to go to the bank and cash it. Poor guy.

[cinema guy]

I was once stuck in a queue behind a woman writing a check ... in the pound shop. I had my one item and my pound coin in my hand... grrrr!

[Mara-chan]

I had a lady return something that was paid by check last night. She got about $20 in cash back. She had other money in her purse. She turned around and bought new stuff, totalling about $28 dollars. She wrote another check.

I SOOO wanted to say "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH THE MONEY I JUST GAVE YOU?!?"

[driftwolf]

Oh good lord, you've met my mother!

[hobbitt97]

Credit Cards Ages Ago

Thirty five years ago I worked in a Gas Station on Route 17S in NJ. At that time all the gas stations were self service and we took cash and major credit cards before magnetic strips were on the back.

I was manning four pumps at the same time and had to run around like a maniac from pump to pump. Pumps were not computerized. The worst part of the job was taking credit cards. I had to check a pamphlet for stolen credit cards and then call the bank for charge approval and an authorization number.

The sight I detested were 4 credit cards being handed out a tiny crack in the window. I was basically treated like the gas pump dog.