(06-14-2021, 08:38 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(06-11-2021, 06:51 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: The point of the express lane is to get checked out quickly and move on so the next person can get through quickly. Writing a check is opposite of express lane.

Is it faster to have to void the entire sale if you realize your debit card is on the counter at home or in the car, or worse, in some pickpocket's hands?

In the grand scheme of my day, if waiting two minutes in the express lane for someone to write a check is the worst thing that I have to face, it is one heckuva good day.

Not leaning in to you personally, americus, but this is a thing we try to instill in our (impatient) children - judging and assumption can put us in a bad place, we don't know why the young person is riding around on the rascal cart, or why they are wearing pajamas in the store, or why they are writing a check in the express lane. I guess that sense of entitlement and judginess is my trivial annoyance. And of course, being kids, they know that this is the button to push any time they want to rile up dad.

I get what you're saying and I agree. But who takes a checkbook to the grocery store? Lol. That makes less sense to me than people wearing pajamas to the store. 

I'm not sure what that says about me.    I'm used to seeing pajama-wearing young folks, especially at walmart, but I can't tell you the last time I saw someone whip out a checkbook at any store.

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