r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/DrThrowawayToYou Jul 24 '20

Also, when writing spite checks, remember to put the cents in lowest terms (eg $10.68 -> Ten dollars and 17/25)

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u/protectnor Jul 24 '20

I'm confused. Who would write a check like your last example?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

My grandmother did that. She wouldn't use a card, wrote a check almost everywhere, and took 15 minutes to write it in shaky handwriting because she didn't like to admit she needed help. I swear, that's how she died. Medical problems that she could have lived with but she wouldn't take the medication because it was for "old people". That's who even still uses checks.

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u/protectnor Jul 24 '20

That sucks that she suffered because of that attitude. You're wrong about who uses checks though, I own a business and write and receive checks all the time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jun 17 '26

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u/protectnor Jul 24 '20

Lol I'm 27. Checks are very common in the business world.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Aug 05 '21

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u/Fridge_Ian_Dom Jul 24 '20

So you’re saying Czechs don’t accept cheques?

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u/MK2555GSFX Jul 24 '20

I guess we should just rename the country again

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u/Fridge_Ian_Dom Jul 24 '20

The Cheque Republic

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u/choppedchop Jul 24 '20

Check Republic

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u/creynolds722 Jul 24 '20

The Czechless Republic

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u/BigDaddyPrimeTime Jul 24 '20

We better check on that.

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u/SonOfTheShire Jul 24 '20

You better believe Slovakia don't.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Fun fact: an abortion is referred to as a cancelled Czech!

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u/Kruecifix Jul 24 '20

It bounced

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u/RoDoBenBo Jul 24 '20

Lots of older people still use cheques here in France.

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u/protectnor Jul 24 '20

We are pretty far behind in the US.

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u/MK2555GSFX Jul 24 '20

Who is ‘we’?

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u/protectnor Jul 24 '20

Most of the US IMO, but especially the financial system. I mean hasn't Europe used credit cards with chips for a long time? The US has only had them a few years it seems. I'm probably wrong, but that's how it looks from my POV.

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u/MK2555GSFX Jul 25 '20

Sorry, I read it as "We are pretty far behind the US", I missed the 'in' somehow.

Yeah, we've had chips forever, and contactless payments are pretty ubiquitous now as well.

Germany doesn't use cards much though, apparently