• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 day ago

    Can we also make people who still pay for things at a store with a check go to the bad one? It was before the pan, but I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when a lady pulled out her checkbook in front of me at the checkout line. Gtf outta here.

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      1 day ago

      The USA continues to baffle me. You people still have paper checks? I haven’t seen one in at least 30 years in Europe (before that I was too little to care about such things, so I might never have seen one)

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        8 hours ago

        You not having seen one doesn’t mean they don’t exist in Europe.

        When you leave a room, are you aware that that room continues to exist?

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          7 hours ago

          US here - I haven’t seen one used at a grocery store in over 20 years. Only people I’ve ever seen use them are old people, or people using them to pay bills.

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          8 hours ago

          I haven’t heard of checks being used anywhere in Europe. But I’m willing to bet some people do. Germans are weird about cards so I wouldn’t be surprised.

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        Sadly, we still do. But it’s really more a matter of vendor preference these days, since some places (usually small/personal operations) don’t do digital payments. That and nobody carries large amounts of cash around, so checks are the only alternative.

        That said, anyone that hasn’t moved on to prefer a bank card or credit-card is behind the times, or doesn’t have a bank account. Still, it’s rare to see these days, especially at the grocery store.