Checkbook Women
You have to be annoyed when you get in a grocery line and the women in front of you have a cart full of groceries and a checkbook in hand. Hell, even if they’re just buying a pack of gum, they have the checkbook in hand. Why is it that men, generally speaking, use cash, debit or credit cards to pay for things like groceries, whereas women prefer to use checks?
It takes them forever to write their checks! They have to double check the amount due, the store name and so on. 90% of the time, the clerk asks for supporting ID or a drivers’ license (which the check-writer then needs to find). You’d think they’d already have it out, considering this is the way they shop.
Next time you’re in a supermarket and the woman in front of you pulls out her checkbook, just put out a great, loud “sigh” and then “aw c’mon!”, start pacing back and forth between your two legs - and be sure to have your cash in hand. You’re sure to end up making them nervous. Perhaps if this happens one or more times, they’ll be inclined to think twice about yanking out the checkbook at the supermarket.
June 4, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I haven’t noticed women/checks vs. men/debit or cash. I do notice however, that rural people always use checks, esp folks from SW Ohio and Southern Illinois.
It sucks to have to buy something in downtown Chicago during peak tourist season …