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Why is it important to put jokes there? I view a check as a pseudo-legal document. Do you slip jokes into the contracts you sign?
by Paul-ish 8y ago
Why is it important to put jokes there? I view a check as a pseudo-legal document. Do you slip jokes into the contracts you sign?
- RandallBrown 8y agoI draw smiley faces on the signature line at stores and restaurants pretty often.
- function_seven 8y agoA long time ago, checks had to be deposited at a bank counter, in person. If I wanted to embarrass my payee, I'd write something risque or vulgar in the memo line. That way they would have to suffer that embarrassment if they wanted my money. Yeah, it's juvenile. I don't understand why the FBI would care though. There's a 0% chance that a real terrorist is writing "ISIS" on their checks to fund terror.
- DSMan195276 8y agoI would agree, I don't really understand the logic in this thread. You're literally giving the check to a bank who is then going to have read it and look at what it's for and who you're sending the money too - and part of their job is to decide if it is legitimate, or if they should ask you about it, etc. If you put something extremely suspicious or flat-out illegal in the memo line, I would presume they're obligated to at least report it, or else they could be on the hook if it turns out it was actually true and they let it go with no questions asked.