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Keeping track of checks is for old people and losers with low credit scores
Over in bad_service, beccaweccavt makes a post about some "bad service" she receives from a mechanic who charges her less than they should have but OMG doesn't cash her check immediately! The denizens of bad_service are confused. beccaweccavt then proceeds to let the community know that she's unable to keep track of her written checks because she's a bookkeeper for a large corporation and has a credit score of 800.

Keep on truckin', beccaweccavt. Keep on truckin'.

	quantumreality 2008-10-17 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	I was under the impression that Americans often liked using the float on their checks to get a couple days' extra interest? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cassildra 2008-10-17 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Nobody I know does that. O_o (Reply to this)(Parent)

	llama_treats 2008-10-17 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe 20 years ago, when checking accounts actually offered interest... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quantumreality 2008-10-17 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Point taken. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blue_penguin 2008-10-17 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, mine does. Well, it's shitty interest, but it's interest. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	darthtall 2008-10-17 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's more often the case that people depend on the float to have enough time to actually get the money to cover the check into the account, these days. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	amxjm 2008-10-18 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	This is true. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lirazel 2008-10-20 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. In my neck of the woods when you write a check most places treat it like it's a debit card, whisk it through the machine and hand it back to you. Luckily my overdraft fee's only $3. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashes 2008-10-20 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	I sadly confess to having done this between paychecks. =( (Reply to this)(Parent)