I was just in Target...

A Datalounger surely.

of all the things that never happened this never happened the most.

Honey, R2, I was in the Hell's Kitchen Target picking up an order. I asked the cashier who was waiting on me what was going on, and he told me the old guy was trying to pay by check. I listened and heard the cashier trying to deal with the old guy and indeed, I looked over and saw he had his checkbook out.

What you believe is of no interest.

If it is of no interest why is your reply to me longer than your original post. Dumb cunt.

Okay: fuck off, GASH R4.

Nice and short and sweet.

Could've been live chickens.

Ageist post.

R7 types stupid.

I believe it happened. Anyone who has ever had to work with the public knows how resistant some of these olds are to change.

Remember hearing about the older guy a couple years who was refused admission to the MoMA movie theatre because he had a history of being disruptive, then came back with a knife and stabbed two of the desk people?

Is this ageist, too, R7? Or are some people crazy cranks, regardless of age?

I guarantee you at least 10X more crime is committed by those under 60. At least. Ask mama's mussy.

The guy probably paid by check at Target for many years. He may not have known they just dropped accepting check payments less than two weeks ago (July 15 it went into effect). Can't blame the guy if he was unaware, and he only had a checkbook on him. Not really good customer service on Target's part, since they have no notices on any doors about the new policy when you enter (not the stores in my area, at least).

That's not even the point, R11. Boy, are you stupid.

[quote] Is this ageist, too, [R7]? Or are some people crazy cranks, regardless of age?

Yes, because a man simply writing a check is the same as a deranged person stabbing people. But they’re both old, so it’s the same.

You really are a fucking moron.

I'd write OP a cheque if he promised to fuck off.

Can we talk about the twentysomething who didn't download the app to take advantage of some digital coupon and is now on their third attempt to do so while holding up the entire line?

the only reason I go to Target is they have the best selection of caftans.

I just went to Target and almost had quick sex

I never said they were the same, R14. Boy, you REALLY are stupid.

And groceries, R17.

BARBARA PLEASE! Don’t fight girls-anything can happen at Target you know that.Don’t you know that?

How do you pay your rent at the Y, OP- with bussy?

I wish I still had the bussy, R21!

And thanks--I send my love!

OP burns down nursing homes when he’s not shopping for wasteful nonsense at Target.

Like groceries, R23?

You would be surprised how many older folk with checking accounts only know personal checks and still don't use a debit/credit card.

This might be the funnier threads I've ever started. All I was doing was relaying a rather amusing incident I witnessed at Target, and I'm called a cunt, a liar, an ageist, and a spendthrift. JFC, bitches! 😂😂😂😂

r25 Very few

Why were you in such a hurry, OP? You have all this time to start this thread and make multiple posts yet you couldn’t spare a few minutes of patience for a likely very decent person writing a check. It’s not as if you were pressed for time or doing anything important, obviously.

The man writing a check for his goods is undoubtedly a lovely man while you’ve proven yourself to be a mean-spirited, intolerant piece of shit.

R28, I was already at the cashier beside the guy, and wondering what the noticeable commotion was about. And he was telling at the cashier, so he was hardly lovely.

Another braintrust at R28.

*yelling at the cashier

R27 I've been in banking for 40 years. We still have customers today who complain that stores won't accept checks for purchases and assume that it is our bank that is declining the payments rather than it being due to the businesses change of policies.

[quote]I believe it happened. Anyone who has ever had to work with the public knows how resistant some of these olds are to change.

Back when the NYC subway stopped taking token and went to Metrocard only the olds had a damn fit.

[quote]The man writing a check for his goods is undoubtedly a lovely man while you’ve proven yourself to be a mean-spirited, intolerant piece of shit.

In my experience a lot of old people are intolerant pieces of shit who expect the entire world to cater to their sense of entitlement.

“I don’t know how to use the internet!” 🤡

r31 No. But you enjoy making stuff up!

There are entitled people of every age but the elder ones ask you to do things that are no longer possible. They think you can take checks or send faxes.

You’re out of the will, OP!

I do appreciate the convenience of paying my annual DL platinum membership fee by check.

[quote] All I was doing was relaying a rather amusing incident

An elderly man writes a check.

Hysterical. Oh my sides.

🙄

He was yelling, R39.

Not surprised at the outcome of this thread, as many eldergays here still use checks and pay cash. Debit cards are a tool of the devil and paying with a Smartphone is science fiction and does not really exist.

[quote]They think you can take checks or send faxes.

I work in the health industry. I deal with faxes (paper and electronic) all day long, dealing with insurance companies.

In Berkeley we have some ‘’Tiny Targets’’. Almost like 7/11 stores-a little bit of everything.You're in-you’re out. That’s all of Target I can stand.

Bunny Bixler and I were in the semi-finals - the very semi-finals, mind you - of the ping-pong tournament at the club and this ghastly thing happened. We were both playing way over our heads and the score was 29-28. And we had this really terrific volley and I stepped back to get this really terrific shot. And I stepped on the ping-pong ball! I just squashed it to bits. And then Bunny and I ran to the closet of the game room to get another ping-pong ball and the closet was locked! Imagine? We had to call the whole thing off. Well, it was ghastly. Well, it was just ghastly.

R44-forgot about that one-too funny.

The cruelty of old age is only made worse by monsters like OP who finds amusement in one of our precious seniors - very possibly a veteran and perhaps even a war hero - experiencing frustration at performing a once simple task.

I can’t imagine anything as callous and cold as laughing at a suffering old man.

What’s a faxes?

[R46]- And then she just flounced out of the room.

Everyone I see at stores pays with a card, no matter the age.

I only go to Target to see their gay boys entertain shoppers with a surprise dance.

[quote] very possibly a veteran and perhaps even a war hero

Very possibly? Perhaps? Which war, darling R46? Actually, I'm laughing at you, you silly cunt.

OP were you the only alleged customer laughing at an old man or were others joining in on your mockery? Were you trying to start a wilding in Target?

No one was laughing out loud, Mary R52.

THERE ARE NO SILLY CUNTS ON DL - ONLY CUNTS

Was it your first Elder Gay sighting in the wild, OP?

The saddest part of this tale is that OP is so disordered that he thought others shared the same sadistic sense of humor he does and would enjoy ridiculing a poor, old man.

He’s obviously MAGA.

OP- Is is possible that YOU are that grumpy old man?

[quote] enjoy ridiculing a poor, old man.

[quote] He’s obviously MAGA.

Your projection is hilarious AND mistaken, R56. Its like you were there--not!

He might be a recent widower whose late wife used to handle the shopping. His children likely live out of state and rarely visit. He’s also too proud to ask anyone help him understand how to do simple things like washing clothes or paying the bills with a checkbook. He may have even been purchasing laundry detergent with that check.

And then to run into a bully like OP, devoid of empathy and mocking your frustration. And then back to his lonely apartment, terrified to go back to that store again for fear of being mocked and degraded.

Fuck you, OP.

He may have just arrived from another planet with no ready cash or stuck in a time warp-what else you got?

Not only that, R59, he was a 109-year-old World War 2 veteran who also served in World War One! And he was blind!

OP just sharing observation he didn’t shoot the guy.

And-and-and he was a trans.

And born with a dick AND a vagina.

This thread is DL catnip! I'm surprised by all the vitriol for OP, simply relaying an anecdote about his day. The OP didn't accost the poor old geezer.

And he used to work for Ellen!

And I bet during the nine decades he's had that bank account, he's never had a one check bounce!

I’m the man who wrote the check-I’m so sorry-just swallowed a bottle of Visine

He was just trying to write out a check for dog food for his dying, 23-year-old emotional support animal (PTSD from the two world wars).

Now look what you’ve done.

Turns out, the old man was trying to pay for essentials he'd purchased to ship to DL's favourite orphan, Darfur O.

Now that Target no longer accept checks, Darfur O. will spend yet more nights hungry and cold. Shame on Target!

We’ve got to close this thread before more people get hurt or worse.

Now everyone on this fucking thread is being Targeted.

Which Target was this?

Apologies, OP, I was trying to purchase my heart medication before I dropped dead at Target.

I hope your pint of Ben & Jerry’s didn’t melt.

Already said Hell's Kitchen Target, R74.

FASCINATING

It was an answer to a question, cunt R77.

Sorry,arrived late and missed some of the story.

Now we know how half the cunts on this thread will be acting in Targets in a few years--or already do.

I was at an estate sale last weekend without enough cash, but was able to use a check.

That old man from Target should have been with you, R81.

Jf he was.white it was Teacake buying jumbo Depends, cat food, boxed wine and corn pads.

They should have a designated Check Out Experience Agent who kindly shows up at the push of the cashiers button. The AGENT guides the elderly or special needs customer to a designated kiosk/area with a chair where they can solve it together. Whether it's counting coins, helping with forgotten PIN numbers, expired gift cards or explaining about the new no checks policy, they can pause and think through it instead of feeling flustered at a cashier with people waiting.

At the very least, allow legacy customers, a free one time check writing pass . Then hand them a printed out copy of what they need to do. They can carry it home for a family member/neighbor//social services worker/church member to step in and help them find solution such as a prepaid credit card. It doesn't cost that much for a company to act human. There are a shit ton of boomers who are going to be clogging the aisles of groceries, Walmarts and Targets. Why not be ready for them?

Why didn’t I think of that?

Having to ask a target ‘’team member’’ to get locked up toothpaste is like pulling teeth. Nevermind. Went home-ordered on Amazon.

^^you couldn't have just gone to another store?

OP will you see if they have any of that gel stuff? Oh also if they have the chocolate pop-tarts?

The last time I was there they didn't have them. I had to go find a worker to ask if maybe they were out of stock, or if Kellogg's quit making them. He wasn't sure. Can you believe that??? Just thought I'd share!

Christ, when I worked in retail as a student about 15 years ago they were being phased out even then! We used to have a little printer that printed the details out and then they signed it. They also had to present a card which confirmed the maximum the cheque could be for.

Seems so outdated now.

R84, I did hear the cashier say he could go to customer service.

I haven't written a check in at least 15 years. Wait until some of you hear about digital driver licenses.

Well aren’t you an astute observer of human behavior OP! Can’t wait for you to age and see how it goes down for you.

OP, it's a little odd that you, an old cunt, has to call someone a grumpy old man.

And you're the one still taking more time, and sharing your spending your time, with us over this two-minute delay in your getting those Red-Hot Pork Rinds open in the parking lot.

Old. Cunt.

Wow, Mary R93, someone really hit a nerve with you!

Get off of my lawn!

Whenever I see an old person I push them or kick them, I run away too fast for the cops to catch me.

OP is a bitchy mean girl who feels better about himself by mocking the old and vulnerable. Little does he know what Father Time has in store for him.

Enjoy your frozen Sara Lee cheesecake, OP. Your next Target visit may be to buy a box of Depends.

Vulnerable? You should have seen him yelling at te cashier, R97.

[quote] Your next Target visit may be to buy a box of Depends.

Uh, not really.

r90 Wow, that is just super fascinating!

And yet here you are, R99.

Well i was just in target and i saw a so so looking twink hissing , stamping his feet and generally just making an unnecessary stink over waiting 5 minutes in line.

R101 He was out of his comfort zone - he was actually in a social setting and his anxiety soared.

I'm basically retired, but I still pass bad checks.

R101 was he wearing roller skates and a pink halter top that said “Any closer and you’ll taste my cunt?” And was he buying Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches, Ex-Lax and Oil of Olay?

Because if he did it was definitely OP.

Such bitterness! At least the old guy knows Target no longer takes checks. And now you old bitter queens know as well!

You're welcome!

At a previous workplace, I implemented a policy disallowing payment by cheque. That was over 20 years ago, in Australia. Bounced cheques were an annoyance, but the cunts who couldn't see why they had to pay the dishonour fee charged by the bank for not being able to balance their funds were next level stupid.

WTF is wrong with the US?

I haven't even seen a check in years. It's unbelievable that anyone would try to pay with a check in 2024.

r106 Americans are very resistant to change. Even little trivial things can send them into a fit.

Some of the older customers are still able to pay by check with their local stores like supermarkets, so when they go to other businesses they wrongly assume that they would also accept them.

R3 I love you. Even if fake I enjoy a good read.

It wasn't at all fake (WHY would I make this up???), but thanks, R110!

See, bitches! I AM loved here!

[quote] Americans are very resistant to change. Even little trivial things can send them into a fit.

No, people world-wide are resistant to change. It's human nature.

R106 cheques are goneburger here too as of 2021, many businesses had stopped accepting them years earlier

r112 Americans are especially bad.

Some countries like Sweden don't even really use cash anymore. Even the olds pay with a card or phone. Americans would have a second Civil War.

Civil War on the horizon-Trump/JD-2024

[quote]Some countries like Sweden don't even really use cash anymore. Even the olds pay with a card or phone.

R115 its getting like that here in New Zealand too. Lots of people pay by phone, and I have never even had a cheque book even back in the 80's, we had ATMs from the early 80's. I hardly even use those now, cash is becoming rare here, I use my paywave credit card for everything and pay it off fortnightly

[quote] I haven't written a check in at least 15 years.

[quote] I haven't even seen a check in years.

[quote] I have never even had a cheque book even back in the 80's

I'm just curious. Since 15 years ago, or since the '80s, none of you ever gave a check for a gift - wedding, graduation, etc.? I don't know if other people still give checks for gifts--I do, sometimes. I also receive them sometimes. But 40 years ago? 15 years ago? Checks were very common.

R118 cheques as gifts were uncommon even back in the 80's most people gave cash, at least here anyway

R119 Did they send cash in the mail? Here checks were very common as gifts.

Also back then (at least in the US) people still paid many of their bills by check.

My elderly aunt and uncle still pay their bills by putting checks in the mail. They're the only people I know who still do this.

If you pay everything by direct deposit there's no way to delay paying for something if you're a little low in funds, though.

I remember checks being common as gifts in the 90s.

Now we just do prepaid credit cards.