Alright, let me get this over with by simply asking,

[cboy4]

who in the hell still writes checks to pay for groceries?!?

I nearly dropped dead from hunger this evening because I got behind someone who took FOREVER to fill out, yup, a fricken check!

This person obviously has a bank/credit union to be able to write checks. So why the eff no ATM card like the rest of civilization?!

And if you're going to continue living in the '80's, how about filling the damn thing out while your shit is being scanned...NOT after the clerk gives you the total?

Oh, and while you're at it, research the date before you arrive at the store, so you don't have to ask the clerk and slow things down even further.

But it gets better. THERE'S NO NEED TO WRITE ANYTHING ON THE MEMO LINE!!

A month from now, are you really going to look at the duplicate and think to yourself, "Hmmmmm, did I buy groceries at Safeway or did I buy shingles for the new roof?"

Ughhhh. What is wrong with people?

:rant:

[SeattleGirl]

1. I don't understand people who wait until ALL the groceries are

rung up before even reaching for the checkbook. This is especially annoying when women with Cadillac-sized purses wait, then they dig around for 15 minutes trying to find the fucking checkbook, then take forever to fill the check out, and THEN they have to balance their checkbook, and THEN they have to check everything on the receipt, and THEN the have to quibble about a few cents on the receipt, and THEN they take another 15 minutes to put the fucking checkbook back int heir Cadillac-sized purse before FINALLY moving on.

In the meantime, everyone in line behind her has fainted from hunger.

I can't tell you how many times I have been stuck behind women like this. Holy fuck. :grr: :grr: :grr:

[billyoc]

2. Sounds like my dream girl.

She's obviously never home. :rofl:

[RebelOne]

58. That is one of my pet peeves.

Whenever I'm in the checkout line behind one of those idiots, I just emit loud sighs, hoping the person gets the message.

[Rabrrrrrr]

67. It's because the news constantly tell them that NOTHING scans correctly price-wise,

and that grocery stores do it intentionally to screw the customers, and so they watch like a fucking purse-lipped old bitch hag as every item scans to make sure it's the right goddamned price.

SO they don't have time to get the checkbook out.

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[cboy4]

11. You're saying that because I'm gay, ha Indiana?

You'd be perfect for the Obama campaign.

:hide:

[IndianaJones]

19. Memo: cboy4 is a mean dude. nt.

[cboy4]

24. Shut up Indiana.

I mean, I respect your opinion

[IndianaJones]

28. touche. nt.

[jeff30997]

4. A grocery store accepting a check ?

Over here we can't even change a check from the Government at any store that we go to.Even If you show them tons of IDs.

[oregonjen]

5. I still write checks

I do fill everything out except the total while my groceries are being scanned. I don't have an ATM card and I know that it's ridiculously old-fashioned! :P :hide:

[redwitch]

6. me

:hi:

[cboy4]

10. Do you still have a rotary phone and a complete set

of encyclopedias at home as well redwitch?

[redwitch]

46. no.

but I have to say, I 'm courteous in the grocery line. My check is written as I wait, and my purse is more Prius than Cadillac.
Are you the one who wrote the Visa commercials? :-)

[cboy4]

63. I don't use my Visa card at the grocery store redwitch...

I'm talking about using a debit (ATM) card, not a credit card.

But I'm elated to hear that your check is written as you wait.

[SmokingJacket]

55. I have a rotary phone as my extension.

AND a complete set of encyclopedias. AND I use checks. ANd not one gray hair yet!

However, this year I finally bought a microwave and a dishwasher.

No need to gallop into the future. It's coming fast enough anyway... :hi:

[johnnie]

7. I usually pay in pennies

I've pissed off a person or two.

[truedelphi]

69. But you have lived to tell abt it - which must provide some satisfaction

[evlbstrd]

8. Do you work for VISA?

Or their ad agency? Jeezuz, relax.

[cboy4]

13. Did I say ATM card or Visa card? Oh, that's right....

I said A-T-M card.

You sound like a problem customer.

[evlbstrd]

14. Call the manager.

[cboy4]

16. You seem like a problem poster as well. n/t

[evlbstrd]

17. *

[Tafiti]

89. *Ahem*

Don't mean to interject, but the VISA commercial is for "VISA check cards". I'm pretty sure it's a debit card commercial. And the main thrust of your post is remarkably like the whole point of those commercials, i.e., use a check card, don't hold up the line. Although they make the same argument about cash, which is stupid. Yeah, debit cards are fast, but not faster than cash.

Anyway, carry on.

[Midlodemocrat]

9. Guilty as charged. If one of my kids has my debit card

I write a check. I REFUSE to charge groceries.

Let me preface this by saying it doesn't happen all that often, but it does happen.

[Gormy Cuss]

88. Yeah, but you probably have the check book out when they start to ring up the order, right?

I feel for the people who think that they have the cash and then need to dig for the checkbook but I've noticed that most of the time people who pay by check are ready and waiting to fill in the amount before the order is done.

I hate the need for speed at the register in general, so I don't mind having to wait for someone to fill out the check, or counting out change or dollar bills, or any of that. The only time I get annoyed is when it's clear the person is slowing down the process because they're chatting on the phone or to someone else in line and ignoring the clerk.

[Midlodemocrat]

101. I actually fill it out in the car before I go in.

Except for the amount, that is.

[CreekDog]

125. don't sign that check until there is an amount

but i give you credit for being that smart. :)

[CreekDog]

124. A debit is the same as writing a check, both "debit" your account

I put all big purchases on my gold credit card as well as all restaurant charges there too for two reasons:

1) at a restaurant they take the card away from you (who knows what they do with it sometimes), so I want the protection of a credit card if they pull a fast one

2) on big purchases you can dispute the purchase with the credit card company and the retailer is much more likely to work with you if you charged it because the credit card company could charge back your purchase.

And I don't rarely pay interest ($3 this year so far), I just transfer the money between accounts afterwards as soon as I have it.

Used responsibly, a credit card is not a bad thing, even for buying groceries as long as you can afford what you've bought. And I've used my credit card at Target when my checking balance was low, but I was getting paid a few days later. We all do that.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I have checks for my husband's account, but not an ATM card...

Likewise, he has a checkbook for my account, but no ATM. This way, if one of us gets robbed, we can simply cancel the checks from the other's account; and not have to worry about being entirely without money until we can get to the bank.

At times, I need to write a check on his account, if mine is starting to scrape the dregs. So, while I wasn't the person in front of you, it may have been a kindred spirit. :hi:

[nadine_mn]

15. who waits untl the last minute to go to the grocery

store so that they nearly drop dead from waiting in line while someone writes a check.


I write checks now and then, and I know a lot of elderly people who do. I can't imagine rushing someone because of my issues.

[cboy4]

18. Wow, that's cool that your boss lets you leave early

every time you start to feel hungry so you can beat the nightmarish commute and get to the store before you're officially starving! :bounce:

Is your company hiring?

[IndianaJones]

22. go to Taco Bell if you're so hungry. nt.

[cboy4]

25. LOL!! I will be on the 30th between 2 & 5

:bounce:

[IndianaJones]

26. tacos for America! nt.

[CreekDog]

127. but what if I want Mexican Food? nt

[CreekDog]

126. have you ever been single?

I hate shopping and sometimes wait until hypoglycemic to venture into the grocery store.

[BlueJazz]

20. Anybody who writes a check should be taken to the Milk aisle and Shot!.

These Filthy, disgusting Right-Wing "Check-ers" have disgraced this proud country enough.

[petronius]

27. Eewww - in the milk aisle? Can't we shoot them in the cleaning products aisle, instead?

[cboy4]

30. They should be taken to the produce aisle of force fed

a bunch of deadly California spinach.

[boston bean]

21. I write checks at the grocery store and many others, because

it helps me keep track of my ledger.

Actually, I refuse to get a check cashing ATM Card because I can keep track of the ledger easier and also you have to have a credit card attached to the ATM and I don't want that.

Sorry, peeps will just have to wait an extra 30 seconds.

[cboy4]

23. Yea but the credit card attached to the ATM card isn't

really a credit card....it all comes out of your checking.

The reason it's attached is so that you can use it at places that don't accept ATM.

And with your bank statement, you get a listing of all of your transactions.

:banghead:

[CreekDog]

128. I've never needed a credit card attached to the ATM

There are better banks/credit unions than the one you've got.

[Dervill Crow]

29. I do . . . I misplaced my debit card.

Found the damn thing after I reported it missing. Honestly, I tried to hold off grocery shopping until they mailed me my new PIN, but the children were crying and my cats were meowing and the dog just looked at me so beseechingly that I had no choice.

:cry:

[orleans]

31. check, please! n/t

[cboy4]

34. LOL!!!!

I think everyone is starting to mock me now. :cry:

[orleans]

36. i'm sorry, cboy4. i'm not mocking--i'm just stating my preference.

cheer up. it's too late in the week to get down about something like checks. (which reminds me--i really need to pay some bills this weekend. by check!)

[cboy4]

37. LOL.....I knew you were making a joke Orleans. ;)

I could never be upset with you since we agree on just about everything. :pals:

I need to remember not everyone understands my sarcastic sense of humor!!

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[cboy4]

44. Nice. Another gay joke

Is that you Obama? :hi:

[DarkTirade]

113. ... starting? :)

[cboy4]

115. LOL

I admire you evilness.

[DarkTirade]

119. I do what I can.

:evilgrin:

[cboy4]

122. Just don't get too cocky. You're still can't compete with

an evil pro like myself.

Keep practicing and someday you'll almost be as good as me.

[DarkTirade]

140. I feel no need to go pro. I don't want to sell out.

If and when I'm evil, I do it for the joy of it. It just seems more pure that way. A better, purer kind of evil.

[TK421]

32. I write checks from time to time...

but not at grocery stores. I use my debit card ( same thing ) I still send out checks to some of my credit card debtors....but before I had a debit card and still used checks, I wrote everything out on the check beforehand ( except the amount, of course ) and from there it was a pretty quick process. I try to be mindful of the person behind me..except, of course if they are being an ignorant dick and pushing their carts too close to me ( this HAS happened ) then I would take my sweet time

[cboy4]

38. Oh TK421, you can be ahead of me in my line any time

you want, as you are the model check user. LOL

And yea, don't you hate people that invade your space! Grrrrrr!

[Inchworm]

33. Masterbation is quicker than sex

do it, do it, do it.

I wish I had checks just to irk ppls. Well, that and the slow long and easy process of spending my coin.

that is all.

:|

[cboy4]

45. Inchworm, you might want to first learn how to spell

masturbation correctly, before you attempt to use that verb in the form of a joke, or whatever point you were trying to make in your post.

Thought I'd just help ya out. :|

[Inchworm]

80. It was sound-out-able

As for the point I was trying to make, no clue.

I think I was saying sometimes it's good to take your time.

[petronius]

85. cboy4, you might want to learn the difference between a noun and a verb

before you attempt to nit-pick another poster's writing. (I might also suggest a review of the split infinitive, but nobody cares about that anymore.)

:P

[BarenakedLady]

71. You are weird

:crazy:

Masterbation...I'm thinking that is Freudian...

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

78. Well one would think

You know.. at that time you ARE the master. Silly words!

I think my point was the long intimate process of check writing can be a hoot, not unlike sex over self-pleasure. Who knows though. Past midnight on most nights my main objective is to get to where I don't make sense. I won!

"I used to think masturbation was chewing, I don't any more"

:hide:

[hisownpetard]

35. Did she have a special wallet-type folder with coupons in it? And, admit it - wasn't she

about 5' nothing and 89 years old? Wasn't she buying 2 cans of cat food - one for her husband,
and for her? Did you beat her about the head with her cane?
Sounds like you have Check-Out Rage, pal. Dr. Phil's doing a special about it
next Tuesday. Maybe you can bribe your way in??

[SmileyBoy]

40. I was a cashier/manager at a convenience store for a while...

I wanted to strangle the people who wrote me out checks. One old man wrote me a check and took about 8 minutes to sign his name. His last name was one of those weird-ass German names, like Kleingfenschluffhofftter or something like that.

[IndianaJones]

41. cboys last name is really easy....Bonds.nt.

[cboy4]

43. I'd be happy to have the last name of a baseball player

who has not violated a single MLB rule and who is undeniably the greatest home run hitter who will ever live.

[cboy4]

42. I'd be a terrible cashier. If people tried to pay with a

check, I'd throw their damn shit in a bag and tell them to just get out.

[Critters2]

155. And you'd be fired.

And you'd deserve to be.

[last_texas_dem]

91. When I worked as a cashier I loved the check-writers

They gave me an extra minute to take a breather, and it meant fewer customers I would have to deal with until my shift was over. (As you can tell, I obviously loved working as a cashier. haha)

[cboy4]

108. Last_texas_dem, it seems like I always get stuck

behind cashiers like you.

I bet you also used to carry one long, meaningless conversations with your customers as well.

They need to start installing one of those timers that I see through the window of the drive-thru to make you work faster.

And if you go over the set time, you should be docked pay.

[MissMillie]

47. You know, you'd spend less money on groceries if you ate before you shopped

some banks charge fees for using debit cards.

[cboy4]

62. I was on my way home from work, so it's not like I

has an opportunity to eat dinner before I left the office.

Also, all of the major grocery stores that I know don't charge a debit card fee.

[MissMillie]

154. it's not the store that charges the fee

it's the bank or credit union

[cboy4]

161. No, the bank or credit union charges you if you withdraw

money from an ATM outside the network.

If you're being charged to use your ATM card for anything else, you belong to a horrible bank/CU

[MissMillie]

164. I swear to you that I just left a credit union that charged me

fifty cents for every transaction at every point of PURCHASE.... grocery store, gas station, you name it.

[lizziegrace]

48. I do

The register prints the amount on my check for me. Checks, cash and credit cards/debit cards are all acceptable forms of payment. Until checks are removed from the list, I'll use them if I choose to.

[raccoon]

49. I do. Why are you in such an all-fired hurry? That's one thing wrong with America today.

What is wrong with people? :shrug:

[cboy4]

70. Because I was STARVING and I wanted to get

home after sitting on the 99 freeway for an hour in commute traffic.

[grasswire]

90. how about packing a box of granola bars...

....in your bag or car? Wouldn't that solve this problem?

[cboy4]

100. No, what would solve my problem is for people to get

with the program.

Why grasswire is it so hard for people to act like it's 2007 and not 1957?

[grasswire]

117. You are the unreasonable one, IMO.

And I hope you can get some help with anger management.

[cboy4]

142. I don't have time for anger management. A better

solution is for you to get your ass in gear.

And while you're at it, stop driving slow in the fast lane because I know you do that also.

[Tyler Durden]

50. Most ATM cards charge $2 a shot to use them at somewhere other than the Bank's ATM

You get around that by using it on the "Charge" function, where no fees are assessed, but you have to remember that all debit cards don't function that way, and charging groceries on "VISA" is not very smart and easy to lose track of.

We aren't all Warren Buffet when it comes to finances, y'know.

[cboy4]

68. There is a not a single major grocery store in America

that charges an ATM fee.

Even major businesses like Starbucks, Subway, Jamba Juice, etc., do not charge fees.

You must live in a small town.

[Tyler Durden]

92. Not the STORE, the BANK.

Your bank treats the store as a not our bank atm and assesses the fee.

[cboy4]

97. You have a terrible bank then. Because I don't know of

any bank that charges a fee to use its damn ATM card to pay for things.

I can see there being a charge to withdraw money from a different bank using your ATM card.

But to pay for stuff and be charges a fee!? :wtf:

You need a new bank dude.

[Tyler Durden]

111. Banks that have done this as recently as last year (last time I checked)

5/3
B of America
Chase
Capitol One

Didn't bother to check any farther. Just use the DEBIT as CREDIT. Does the same thing with no charge.

[Chovexani]

118. I've never been charged for using debit with Chase

And I've had Chase debit cards off and on for about 7 years, in two different states. I've had a B of A account for over a year and have similarly never been charged a fee like that.

I've had individual merchants here and there charge an ATM card fee (mostly fast food places) but I've never been charged by the bank itself.

[CreekDog]

131. credit union people! this is why I left BofA for good years ago

They saw me as THEIR ATM! Getting money out of me at every opportunity.

[CreekDog]

130. i only see those "debit" fees at ARCO and KFC

Unless your bank charges them and if so, get another bank, they are ripping you off.

[SmokingJacket]

51. I use checks.

Why change a system that works?

However, I do fill it all out ahead of time -- and I figure that "Quik-E-Mart" on the top line is memo enough.

Seriously, dude -- it's not THAT much longer to fill out a check. Takes much longer when people use their card and it doesn't go through, and it doesn't go through, and they use another card, and "But I THOUGHT I put money on it! Here, let's try this one..."

[cboy4]

66. Hmmm. How dare you make a good point and throw

a wrench into my argument!!

[wicket]

52. I'm all about the debit card

n/t

[flvegan]

53. Not only do I pay by check, okay

I go through the 10 Items or Less line to do it. I also make sure I have 18 items, but split them into 9 and 9, stating that the second 9 are "for my friend" and then I write 2 checks.

I also wait until my first 9 items are scanned, standing like a dolt, talking to the bagger dude before I even fish my checkbook out.

Then, after everything is scanned, I mention to the clerk that I want a carton of Marlboro's, so she has to run off to the safe to get them.

When she comes back, I say, "no, the Lights" or "100s" or whatever the hell she DIDN'T get.

And I write the check for the first 9 and put my checkbook away and complain about the quality of the plastic bag handles.

Then, after the clerk is done scanning the second 9 items (for my friend) I mention that the friend also wants a carton of Marlboro's.

No, not those, the other ones.

No, the other other ones.

Then out comes the checkbook.

ID? Again? Wait let me look for it.

Before I finish I tell the clerk I also want a book of stamps, a bag of ice and a refill on my propane tank that's in my trunk but I need help getting it out and filling it up. Oh, and I have a coupon for something in the first 9 items that I didn't pull out before so can we redo the entire first thing and what do you mean "price check" on my Tide detergent that I forgot in the underneath rack of the cart.

20 minutes well spent.

Now, could someone give me a push? The battery in my uber ride-around grocery cart is dead.

[bicentennial_baby]

56. .

:rofl:

[cboy4]

65. Fiivegan, why do you hate America?

:shrug:

[RetroLounge]

110. ...

:applause:

RL

[krispos42]

114. I think you'd get a push all right...

Right into the doorway so the automatic doors could open and close on you for a few hours! :-)

[NNadir]

120. My hero.

:bounce: :rofl:

If you have any vegetables, you can also say, "Wait a minute, I think this one's going bad. Let me get a replacement!"

[CreekDog]

132. I load up the belt with 3 items, then right before they start scanning them

I run to the back of the store for something I forgot, like placing an order for a decorated cake to be picked up a week from now.

[cboy4]

143. .....

:spray:

You are so evil!

[Blue_Roses]

166. LOL!

:rofl:

[SecularMotion]

54. Switch to decaf

[cboy4]

107. ...

:spray:

[tjwmason]

57. They don't allow it over here.

At least one major supermarket chain (the one I shop in) has stopped accepting cheques - thank goodness.

[CreekDog]

133. Cheques?! Canadian?

[tjwmason]

138. Even worse than Canadian

English.

[CreekDog]

139. Ah.

I love Canadians. As for the British, they act like they live on an island.

[triguy46]

59. In a hurry this morning? Take a ritalin/adderal or something.

If you aren't paying cash, you're slowing me down. Keep your ATM/Bank card in your pocket for you $1.89 grande mocha suckachino and hand over the 2 bucks.
I'm down to about 10 checks per month and it has nothing to do with you standing behind me. Rather, paying cash is simpler and less chance for fraud.

[Burma Jones]

60. Wife and I use Visa, often at the self check out, for Groceries, get miles....

and, yes, we pay the entire Visa bill every month........

And what about those Goddamn assholes using their fucking Food Stamps, THEY'RE the pokiest ones around....stupid goddamned un-bankables. You know, there should be separate grocery stores for those welfare recipients that often have to be told - in the line - what is and isn't eligible for food stamps. :sarcasm:

Waiting in lines and enduring your fellow humans is the price we pay to not despise others.......It's a small price to pay.

[cboy4]

64. That's an excellent example of a strawman new_beawr,

because as you know, I was talking about people writing checks in the year 2007.

I made no mention of people using food stamps. :eyes:

[Burma Jones]

81. hence the sarcasm smilie

and, last time I looked, stores take checks. Ease up, you'll live longer and you'll need to since all those other people out there are slowing you down....... oh wait, I can do one of those little smart ass thingies too..... :eyes: .. see, ain't I sophisticated.....

[cboy4]

83. No you "ain't" sophisticated. Why I'd be surprised to learn

if you managed to get accepted at your local junior college. :)

[Burma Jones]

84. Nah, jeez, you're right, I'm a right damned Moran.....

[cboy4]

86. See how easy it is for us to agree!

And to think some people believe I'm a trouble-maker!!

[Burma Jones]

87. That's OK, when you're old enough to have a Checking account, you'll understand

[cboy4]

94. Well when I am old enough to have a checking

account, one thing is certain.

I'm not going to pretend like I'm living in the 1950's and write out fricken check for groceries.

I'll be swiping my ATM card through the machine (like most of civilization does so) I don't delay people with busy lives.

Time is money new_beawr


on edit....lots of typos

[CreekDog]

134. If time is money, I was rich when I was 15

So by now I must be upper middle class...

[Critters2]

156. "...to not despise others."

In the case of boy, I'd say that ship has sailed.

[Callalily]

61. A lot of people

here still write checks - for everything, and it's not only the older people either. My mode of payment is credit card. Easy, fast, and efficient.

[NewJeffCT]

72. And, it's always in the "Express - Cash Only" line, it seems

people can't read these days, it seems.

[jpgray]

73. The irony is, the check-writing wait takes about a minute. This thread took you far longer

Not to mention we all waste time in bizarre ways throughout the day that account for much more missed time than waiting in traffic, for slow check-writers, for "oh is that a -green- light?" people, for the accursed folks who refuse to push the elevator "close" button when they get on and their floor has already been pushed, etc. It's more irritating not for the lost time, but because the time is lost in active expectation instead of agreeable laziness. :D

[cboy4]

75. Oh, as for elevators, I hate it when the door is a fraction

of a second away from closing and suddenly you see a hand appear from the outside and force the doors to pop back open.

Grrrrrrrrr

It's even more aggravating when I'm starving!!!

[IndianaJones]

76. can you complain some more? nt.

[cboy4]

79. Yes. nt.

[CreekDog]

135. but he was in a hurry to go home and get on the net

[Yavin4]

74. I Like To Write Checks...

that my ass cannot cash.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

77. Most of the cash registers where I am

print out the check. You just give it to them blank but with the signature, the cashier prints it, gives it back to you to approve, and then you're done.

But it is easier to use my debit/ATM card with no fees.

[ceile]

82. That has happened to me the last 3 or 4 times I've gone shopping.

I don't know what it is, but I always end up behind the check writer. Sometimes a woman in her 70s, sometimes a woman in her 40s....it's like I'm cosmically drawn to stand in that particular line. But I'm a lot nicer about it than my SO. He will hem and haw and give them dirty looks the whole time. I just stand there and stare in disbelief.

[CreekDog]

136. It's God forcing you to slow down... nt

[last_texas_dem]

93. I do

They're fun to write and writing them makes me feel important. haha

Oh yeah, and FWIW, I'm 24, so for me it doesn't really have anything to do being stuck in the past- although considering the present times I sometimes wish I was living in another era.

[cboy4]

95. You sound like you're probably a fast lane slow driver

last_texas_dem.

[last_texas_dem]

96. Nah

I actually try to be a courteous driver. I have been told that I drive like an "old man", 'cause I generally don't go more than about 5 mph over the speed limit. I stay in the slow lane, though, but sometimes people even get pissed off about that. I think in the Houston area it's pretty much an unwritten rule that you're not going fast enough until you're 15 miles or so over the speed limit!

[cboy4]

99. Last_texas_dem....it's a fast paced world we live in with

lots of people in a hurry.

You should be driving no slower than 10 mph over the speed limit in the slow lane.

Are you a senior citizen and/or retired or something?

You sound like you also probably come to a complete stop when you merge.

Is there any reason you can't pick up the pace or do you not have anywhere to be each day?

[last_texas_dem]

104. Yeah, it is a fast-paced world we live in

I'm just doing my part to slow everyone down a little bit. haha

[cboy4]

105. LOL!! Well last_texas_dem, that's a diabolical scheme,

and usually I would admire such evilness.

But I always seem to get behind people like you on days when I'm running behind for work because I had to leave my socks in the dryer longer. (Apparently they're made out of some sort of magic fabric that assures they'll remain wet even after I dry them for 90 minutes.)

You're probably are one of these people who stops at a light when it's still green, because you would hate to be in an intersection when the light is yellow - even if it's for a fraction of a second.

If you drive this way at 24, do you know how slow you're going to be when you're a senior citizen? It's chilling to think about and a huge outrage.

[CreekDog]

137. I drive Highway 101 in SF during rush hour

I can't go 10mph over the speed limit in any lane. I can't go 10mph in the FAST lane!

[tandot]

98. If you are lucky, it is the first time that person has paid with a check and they have to

call the manager to approve it. It happened to someone who was in front of me at Safeway.

I get extremely annoyed if they wait until the cashier rings everything up to take their checkbook out of their purse and slowly fill it out. WTF???

Maybe we are just getting to spoiled with all the technology? What did we do before ATM cards?

[Midlodemocrat]

102. I bought my son a PS3 80 Thursday night and wrote a check.

I thought they were going to take me into the back room and demand some blood. It was amazing.

I am going to start carrying one of our credit cards just for this. It took friggin' forever.

[tandot]

103. I only pay with my debit card.

It goes right out of your checking account without the hassle of having to write checks.

But I remember when I paid with checks only. However, I always filled everything out so I just had to add the amount. I guess businesses don't get a lot of customers paying with checks anymore.

Actually, a couple of weeks ago I bought groceries at Safeway and they rejected my debit card. It was odd since I knew that I had more than enough on my account for that purchase. I was actually quite embarrassed. I checked my account online right after to make sure nobody stole my identity and got a hold of my money. I had enough funds and it seemed to have been a problem with their computers. If I would have been behind a customer who had the same problem, I would have assumed that they have bad credit.

I guess we all forget how long stuff took before we had computers.

[Midlodemocrat]

112. That's usually what I do as well, but TM had my debit card.

[cboy4]

106. LOL. I forgot about the manager approval situation!!

And you know it's coming by the look on the clerk's face!!

What exactly is the manager approving anyway? The penmanship of the customer?

[Rhythm]

109. Worked in a grocery store for a number of years, and it never seemed to take any longer...

Our check system took about as long as it did for the credit card slips to print and get signed, or the person to get their cash back from a debit, or whatever...

It was a rare thing when a check-writer (predominantly the elderly) would hold up the line.

[porphyrian]

116. Old people, people who have a hard time keeping track of their balance without the paperwork,...

...people whose banks have weird requirements for debit cards or requirements for which they don't qualify, people who like to make impatient people wait in line, the list goes on.

[cboy4]

145. Well then they should be forced to shop during

non-peak hours.

Not at 6pm when I'm hungry. :)

[Critters2]

157. You've never been told not to go shopping when you're hungry?

I think that was the first thing we were taught in Consumer Economics.

[cboy4]

160. Well mycritters2, why don't you use your head? I stopped

to get dinner.

How do I get the dinner food home unless I stop and get it?

Oh yea, ha?

[Critters2]

168. I keep my food in my kitchen.

I'm funny that way.

[cboy4]

170. I bet you have crappy food in your kitchen. Certainly nothing

I would want to eat after a hard day at work.

[regnaD kciN]

121. I remember the "good old days"...

...when grocery stores wouldn't accept credit cards (they didn't want people going into debt for necessities...like I said, it was a different era) and debit cards didn't exist. The only way to pay for groceries was with cash or check.

I think the first time I used plastic to pay a grocery bill was...sometime after 1982.

[CreekDog]

123. She should hurry, she needs to get home and wait by the phone

Or she might miss a phone call.

[CreekDog]

129. cboy, heed the helpful advice of Apu Nahasapeetpetalan:

"The shortest line is the fastest, not always, look at that old man (in the short line), he is starved for attention (talking to the cashier)...now look at that line over there, nothing but pathetic single men, always cash, no chit chat."

[cboy4]

146. Well the shortest lines are usually at the self-check out

area, but don't even get me started on that!

[devilgrrl]

141. People really need to slow down - there's no need to get into a tizzy over that.

How about when you're stuck behind someone whose ATM/Credit Card won't scan properly and they don't have cash?

That has happened to me to me on several occasions. Once, I was stuck behind a young couple (late teens early 20's), the only item they were buying was diapers, I was in a rage because it was taking, like "forever"!!!! (1 minute +, tops :eyes:) Then I saw that their baby was with them and I suddenly felt like a really HUGE asshole for getting so upset over nothing and feeling the need to be in such a hurry, I didn't have to be somewhere.

This is one thing that bugs me about our society. The need to always rush rush rush busy busy busy gotta get there now now now!!!! It's insane. :crazy:

p.s. I'm coming in late on this and didn't read everyone's responses... Some these points have been made previously, this is just my 2¢

[cboy4]

147. Well if your card won't work and you don't have cash, there

should be a trap door that opens and slides your ass out into the parking lot.

[Mad_Dem_X]

144. AMEN!

"how about filling the damn thing out while your shit is being scanned...NOT after the clerk gives you the total?"

That is probably my biggest grocery gripe. Fill out everything but the total BEFORE the clerk is finished, then fill out the total - then wait until you're in the car or at home before you fill out the total, etc. in your bankbook! Jeebus!

[cboy4]

148. LOL!!!!!

Exactly :)

[Yavin4]

150. Hey, cboy4, Not For Nothing, But...

maybe you need a vacation? You seem a little tense.

[cboy4]

151. No, I just need people who live in their own little world

to move out of my way.

What's so hard about that Yavin4?

[underpants]

149. Groceries is bad but writing a check for lunch is even worse

I once was in line behind five people all writing checks for $7 and such.

My wife tells me that my feet shuffling and huffing and sighing is very clear to everyone around me. I really hate waiting in line to start with and when YOU make me wait longer especially when there is food involved I almost hit the roof.

Seriously, a check? A "promise" that you do have the money??? I wouldn't take one if I ran a store.

[cboy4]

152. OMG, that is fricken hilarious. See Underpants, this is

why people like you and I should be in charge of everything. ;)

[cboy4]

153. I'm off to the grocery store....if people like Yavin4 and

the others can have their ATM cards out and ready to punch in their pin as soon as they approach the register, it would be greatly appreciated!

LOL!

[bridgit]

158. pft, that's nothing, wait till you have to stand in line as we did at Macy's...

today after purchasing a gift card for the Princess E, just trying to get our parking validated cause we yeah-yeah-yeah forgot to do so at the register we bought it at firstly though are now behind an elderly asian couple speaking *highly* br-o-ken eng'l-ish with a $20 gift card in one hand; and a coupon for 20% off in the other, as the frustrated though handling it very well with a smile sales person endeavors mightily to inform them that they are not able to utilize both offers simultaneously, however seemingly it may seem as though they are able to do so on the same purchase, Oy! It's like some otherwise very well understood law of thermodynamics that is simply not sinking in, you know, the 'two objects in one space' thing or whatever x(

I understand you feel your issues to be the only issues under the sun, but we had to traipse 60% through the rest of the floor till we found a register either, a) open...or, b) open with someone helpful just standing there waiting to in fact BE helpful criminy!!!

Contrary to popular belief, this nation will never go to hell in a hand basket, cause we're no-less than several shrieking hand baskets short at any one time!!!!!!!! :rant:

Oh! But it's not over cause it's never over!! :rant: To then repeat THEE NEAR SIMILAR SET OF CHARACTERS cross town cept at a restaurant :rant: wondering why their this & that is not as cheap as they thought it would be that's it!!!

Serenity Now!! O8)

[Joe Fields]

159. Good god, man, how do you cope with life, and REAL problems?

[cboy4]

162. Well Joe, not getting my way is always a REAL

problem.

You must not know of me here at DU.

[cwydro]

163. I write checks at the grocery store sometimes

but I do know the date and I have everything filled out except the amount while I wait for the checker to finish.

I am totally in a Zen state at the grocery store, just as I am when I travel.

Perhaps you should slow down and just enjoy life. Don't stress so much darlin'; it'll kill ya. Don't sweat the small stuff, guy.

[Inchworm]

165. Holy shit! this thread has lasted longer than a line at the grocery!

:rant:

I wouldn't notice usually, but it is one where I drunk posted and spelled masterbation wrong and got felt up on for it.

:rofl:

Edit: for word choice

[Maine-ah]

167. uh, I forgot my check card yesterday

and ended up paying with a check. But, I had it all filled out b/f I even got in line except for the amount.

[mwooldri]

169. Only in emergencies and when my bank balance is low.

Here's the example: Payday is Friday, and it's late Wednesday and there's nothing in the house worth eating. I can either do without food until Friday when I can withdraw the cash from the bank account (or the debit card becomes available for use) or I can write a check and float it over the next couple of days.

That's when I write a check for anything other than rent and the only reason I write rent is because we rent from an individual not a corporation.

Mark.

[Dora]

171. This is a big risk these days

Many businesses electronically "clear" checks these days. I've seen checks clear our account faster than point-of-sale debit transactions - which I've seen delayed by 3-4 days.


Just be careful, is all I'm sayin.