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There's no 3-digit hourly rate that would get me to deal with cheques.
by scrollaway 3y ago
There's no 3-digit hourly rate that would get me to deal with cheques.
- Ekaros 3y agoSEPA transfers only...
- pc86 3y agoImagine the level of privilege required to refuse to deal with a slip of paper for $999/hr. Checks are a pain in the ass roughly equivalent to having to clip your fingernails every once in a while.
- scrollaway 3y agoFirst of all, it was a joke. Second, if a job is offering me $999/hr and asks me to use cheques, something's really fucking wrong and it's a scam. Third, "blah blah take a picture with your phone" -- y'all talk about privilege as if you ever lived outside of the US. Where I'm at, dealing with a cheque involves finding a bank that will accept them (Mine sure as hell doesn't), and opening an account there, then most likely depositing it in one of their rare remaining branches because there's no such thing as photo-deposits or w/e.
- sitzkrieg 3y agobelabored local computer industry user cannot aim smartphone at check but manages to write entire smarmy comment about it, more at 10. seriously tho, even giving someone a handwritten check and getting it deposited or cashed anywhere is a minutes problem
- Macha 3y agoIn the USA maybe. I need to go to my bank in person between 10-12 or 2-4 M-F here if I wanted to cash a cheque. The bank branch is an hour away.
- Ekaros 3y agoBeing in Europe, I'm not entirely sure if I could even cash a check. At least my dad had problems with one from Canada couple years ago. And I doubt one from other places would fare any better.
- justinclift 3y agoMight depend on the country though. Cheques don't seem to be a thing any more in most countries (apart from special circumstances), with the clear exception of the US.
- ghaff 3y agoForeign checks are admittedly a bit of a pain; I need to go to a bank branch (though not exactly a $999/hr pain). But I routinely deal with domestic checks and it's <5 minutes with my phone's bank app.
- stavros 3y agoI wouldn't even know what to do with a check. I've literally never seen one.
- pc86 3y ago[flagged]
- stavros 3y agoIt's a big world out there, and only an extreme, extreme minority of it is the US.
- x3ro 3y agoYou must be from the US :) Believe me when I tell you that e.g. most Germans, probably most Europeans, have never had to deal with a cheque.
- Macha 3y agoIn some of these countries, I suspect giant novelty cheques may even be the majority of cheques.
- alphager 3y agoOr living in a country with a working intra-bank money transfer system, like China, India, Canada, the UK or the whole of the EU.
- mcpackieh 3y agoHow hard could it be for you to simply take a picture with your phone? I can understand opposition to writing checks since you'd need to go track down your checkbook or even get one if you don't already have one. But cashing a check is completely trivial.
- siriusfeynman 3y agoThere are countries outside of the united states, and checks are pretty much extinct in many countries