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I went grocery shopping at Trader Joe's about a month ago and was in line behind an older, well-dressed lady (looked to be in her 60s). I couldn't believe it when I saw her writing a check to pay for her groceries. After I paid for mine, I went out of the store and saw her in the parking lot loading her stuff into the trunk of her car--a late-model BMW. I almost felt like asking her if she paid for her car with a check!
Why would you be surprised if she paid for her BMW with a check?
I guess I'm pretty old school as well. Although I use credit cards for virtually all my purchases, I write checks to the credit card companies to pay the monthly balance. I also use checks to pay for utilities, household repairmen, landscapers, pest control, etc., etc., etc.
Oh, and although it's not a BMW, I did write a check to purchase my Lexus SC430 convertible.
I am 66 and a great fan of online banking, which is convenient and more secure than sending checks out by mail. However, my bank's bill pay service is linked to my checking account and I still write the occasional check at a rate of about one-tenth of what I used to 10 or 20 years ago. I'm at a loss to know why a poster thought it was so bizarre to write a check to pay for a car. Why not? Since I don't have a debit card and the limit on my credit card would not permit it, I wrote a check to pay for my new Mazda Speed3 a few years ago. That's a modest expense compared to a BMW, but so what? What would that poster recommend I should have done instead? Please let me know.
I think the older people are, the more they stick to what they have always done. I have a friend who is 78 or 79 and who still writes checks for his groceries, which I do find bizarre and anachronistic. But there is more than one way to skin a cat, and there are worse irritations than waiting in line for someone to write a check, although I admit is is irritating.
...and there are worse irritations than waiting in line for someone to write a check, although I admit is is irritating.
True, but what irritates me to no end is when a person waits for the cashier to finish ringing up the groceries, and then starts searching her purse for her checkbook. And once she locates the checkbook, she has to fill-out the entire check, including the payee line, as if it was a surprise to her that she'd be writing a check and to whom it would be addressed.
I went grocery shopping at Trader Joe's about a month ago and was in line behind an older, well-dressed lady (looked to be in her 60s). I couldn't believe it when I saw her writing a check to pay for her groceries. After I paid for mine, I went out of the store and saw her in the parking lot loading her stuff into the trunk of her car--a late-model BMW. I almost felt like asking her if she paid for her car with a check!
Does it damn matter what kind of freaking car she was driving!You seem to be one nosy person. And who cared if she paid with a check? I see it all the time.
Are you new here or something?
Why would you be surprised if she paid for her BMW with a check?
I guess I'm pretty old school as well. Although I use credit cards for virtually all my purchases, I write checks to the credit card companies to pay the monthly balance. I also use checks to pay for utilities, household repairmen, landscapers, pest control, etc., etc., etc.
Oh, and although it's not a BMW, I did write a check to purchase my Lexus SC430 convertible.
True, but what irritates me to no end is when a person waits for the cashier to finish ringing up the groceries, and then starts searching her purse for her checkbook. And once she locates the checkbook, she has to fill-out the entire check, including the payee line, as if it was a surprise to her that she'd be writing a check and to whom it would be addressed.
Shame on you and lot's of other selfish to much in of a hurry other people.
Wait your turn means WAIT YOUR FRICKING TURN!
After all when it's your turn you like to take your time....no?
Shame on you and lot's of other selfish to much in of a hurry other people.
Wait your turn means WAIT YOUR FRICKING TURN!
After all when it's your turn you like to take your time....no?
When it is my turn I handle the transaction using a process from this decade, not a silly archaic check writing method that does indeed take longer than it needs to.
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After I paid for mine, I went out of the store and saw her in the parking lot loading her stuff into the trunk of her car--a late-model BMW. I almost felt like asking her if she paid for her car with a check! 
It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
You seem to be one nosy person. And who cared if she paid with a check? I see it all the time.
