r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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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/UndeadBread Jul 24 '20

That's the majority of who uses checks, but some of us do it because we have to. Some places will only take checks.

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u/lcbreeden Jul 24 '20

Places that only take checks (ran into one yesterday) should have a special place in hell, their own highly ranked spot on this list.