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The point the person you are replying to is making is that to Europeans, checks are a thing that only exist in Hollywood movies. It's difficult to imagine in a
by kjaftaedi 7y ago
The point the person you are replying to is making is that to Europeans, checks are a thing that only exist in Hollywood movies.
It's difficult to imagine in a modern world, people or institutions writing or printing something on a piece of paper, and saying, "here, this is money".
- Scoundreller 7y agoStill a thing in France, at least as of last year. Got stuck behind someone at the Carrefour (grocery store) paying with one. Ugh.
- pujjad 7y agoStill common in the UK. I know friends in Wales who can only pay by cheque because a two-signature policy applies to their bank account.