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Post #4217779

2026-07-29 23:25 UTC

For the first time in 20-something years, I have run out of checks and must order a new checkbook. Europeans of a certain age will not even understand what this sentence means.

Replies (11)

  • @syntaxseed@phpc.social 2026-07-29 23:34

    @evacide@hachyderm.io I've had to order new packs of (100) cheques a few times. It used to feel like I was such a grownup doing big money things..... now it feels very novelty/funny.

    Open ##4217850

  • @Emily@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 23:43

    @evacide@hachyderm.io Congratulations on staying in the same place long enough to finish the entire book!

    Open ##4218088

  • @WPalant@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 23:56

    @evacide@hachyderm.io I’ve learned about the concept of checks at school. Still, the only time I’ve actually seen one was when I was sent one from the US. The bank wanted 20€ just for processing it.

    Open ##4218513

  • @evacide@hachyderm.io I may be the only person of my age in my friend group that has a physical checkbook. I think it’s about 15 years old. Like, not the box of checks, the singular checkbook.

    Open ##4219288

  • @fuzzychef@m6n.io 2026-07-29 23:31

    @evacide@hachyderm.io We still pay a lot of our bills by check. Here in the US, electronic payment remains risky despite it being 2026.

    Open ##4223560

  • @pendell@mastodon.social 2026-07-29 23:29

    @evacide@hachyderm.io I still need to accept, endorse, and deposit checks at my job because old people somehow think they're more secure than a debit card even though they're handing out slips of paper with their name, address, account and routing numbers, and samples of their handwriting on them. 🤷

    Open ##4224995

  • @muddle@infosec.exchange 2026-07-30 03:57

    @evacide@hachyderm.io are you going to collect it poste-restante?

    Open ##4225737

  • @devlord@hachyderm.io 2026-07-29 23:26

    @evacide@hachyderm.io * cheque

    Open ##4226735

  • @jef@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 04:51

    @evacide@hachyderm.io I just ran out of staples for the first time ever.

    Open ##4227434

  • @virbonus@sueden.social 2026-07-30 05:55

    @evacide@hachyderm.io I'm a 60+ y/o German and I can't remember ever in my life having written a check (except when travelling abroad).

    Open ##4229025

  • @mensrea@freeradical.zone 2026-07-29 23:34

    @evacide@hachyderm.io not just europeans. i'm mid 40s in za and have never needed or had a check book

    Open ##4245630