Patriot Act WTF

[ChoralScholar]

I messed around and didn't get my paycheck in the bank before it closed. I need to buy a few things, so I decided I'd just call up the grocery store and see if they'd cash it with a minimum purchase. One said they'd cash it free of charge.

So I head on over and give them my check and ID,

She says I'm sorry, I can't cash this, it's over 1,000 dollars.. the Patriot Act won't let us.



What the hell?!? What does my paycheck have to do with terrorism?

Because you know.. if I get to buy groceries... the terrorists win!!

[annabanana]

1. lying!

lying lying lying...
(what a bunch of stupid people)

[shenmue]

2. You want to eat?

Don't you know that's a threat to national security?

:crazy:

[mainegreen]

3. Because we all know terrorist cash their money from Osama

at the grocery store with ID.

[Nicole]

4. That's stupid

I've cashed checks at my grocery for over that amount.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. That is why we've been watching you...

Just kidding...I think!

[Nicole]

7. I was kidding!

I've never cashed a check in my life! Hell I never even had one. :yoiks:

[Hubert Flottz]

11. I was just kidding too.

Sorry if I spooked you.

[ChoralScholar]

13. no I just had to go to another grocery store and finish some shopping

I'm making chili for a school pot-luck.

[catmother]

5. you don't have direct deposit? i don't like to carry bills over a

$20.00 because sometimes it's hard to get change from anything larger.

[ChoralScholar]

10. I had it at my previous school

but at this school (much much bigger) it's not available.

[ingac70]

8. Try a liquor store.....

:hi:

[ChoralScholar]

9. A bottle of Southern comfort and 3 grand in change.... hehe

I probably wouldn't make it out of the parking lot.

[ingac70]

12. That much? Borrow some cash from a friend until Monday...

Wouldn't want you to get hit over the head!

Oh, and get direct deposit if you can!

[ChoralScholar]

14. It's not as much as it sounds like. We get paid monthly.

Nonetheless, it's not that big an issue.. I have some money in the bank and I wrote a check.

It really just pisses me off though. The way people make stuff up. Probably not the clerk, but her manager has told her this. And this poor girl certainly doesn't get paid enough to hear me lecture her on Liberty vs. Security. So I just said "Thanks anyway" and let it go.

[catmother]

15. pretty sad what teachers get paid. $1,000 a month is not very

much to live on.

[ChoralScholar]

16. Thankfully I do get more than that.

I feel guilty complaining about salary, because almost all the other teachers get paid less than I do. I am on a multiplier (salary schedule x 1.3) because I am a choir director (after school/weekends/partial summers)