Checkhate

This rant is not about what you think, the old lady paying for a dollar purchase with a check at the front of a huge line in the supermarket.

It is about the bravado and pure arrogance some of these check payers have. Its bad enough to have to wait while the customer and clerk do the “pay-with-check dance”. But now you have to watch as they open up their custom Italian leather checkbook case with the gold monogram on the front. Then they search their bag for their ceramic engraved pen case. Soon after that gaudy unnecessary trinket is pulled from their oversized purse you see the case open and reveal their “special” check signing pen. The pen has a myriad of colors about the barrel. It looks like a mini ceramic mosaic. The point clicker is gold as is the pen tip. It writes, no not blue or black, but with red or green ink. The clerk comments on the beauty of the pen which only inflates their ego and confirms the attention getting device has worked. At this point, I puke into the point-of-purchase candy display from pure disgust. When I look up the dance continues with a discussion of where she got the pen and how wonderful it is. Its not for another 5 minutes until the check for $1.12 is written and confirmed to be real. The checkbook and magic pen are then buried back into their pocketbook lair and the customer leaves with a content and absent smile.

Solution: When you see these people insult their pens and their checkbooks and their person in general. Or simply mock them openly. Thank you.