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I was behind an older woman in line at the World Market last week and she had that problem and the lady behind the counter kinda did the smirk thing and said, "there is a problem with your check you seem to have insufficient funds." and the lady was very near tears with embarrassment and worry and she said, "that can't be, that just can't be.." and the clerk kinda looked at me like she was exasperated with the lady... I was with my kids, but it pissed me off, so I said to the clerk, "Can't you call for verification?" and she said, 'it takes forever.' and I said, 'we're not in a hurry if you're not.' and the lady smiled at me. Then, I said, "I'm sure the check is good, I'll cover it if it isn't." and the manager came up and did something and suddenly the lady was done and on her way.

I can be pretty mean sometimes (and I always regret it) but, dang, this age of treating people like they were liars when the problem could be anything....

I have switched to a debit card long ago and don't even know where our checks are, but folks should get to buy stuff however they want if you ask me.