...and some grumpy old man was at the checkout counter trying to pay by check! He was arguing and talking over the poor cashier.
A check?
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...and some grumpy old man was at the checkout counter trying to pay by check! He was arguing and talking over the poor cashier.
A check?
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 28, 2024 4:37 AM |
A Datalounger surely.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 25, 2024 12:34 AM |
of all the things that never happened this never happened the most.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 25, 2024 12:35 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 25, 2024 12:38 AM |
If it is of no interest why is your reply to me longer than your original post. Dumb cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 25, 2024 12:39 AM |
Okay: fuck off, GASH R4.
Nice and short and sweet.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 25, 2024 12:41 AM |
Could've been live chickens.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 25, 2024 12:42 AM |
Ageist post.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 25, 2024 12:43 AM |
R7 types stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 25, 2024 12:44 AM |
I believe it happened. Anyone who has ever had to work with the public knows how resistant some of these olds are to change.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 25, 2024 12:51 AM |
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?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 25, 2024 12:55 AM |
I guarantee you at least 10X more crime is committed by those under 60. At least. Ask mama's mussy.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 25, 2024 12:57 AM |
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).
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 25, 2024 12:58 AM |
That's not even the point, R11. Boy, are you stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 25, 2024 12:59 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 25, 2024 1:00 AM |
I'd write OP a cheque if he promised to fuck off.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 25, 2024 1:02 AM |
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?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 25, 2024 1:04 AM |
the only reason I go to Target is they have the best selection of caftans.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 25, 2024 1:04 AM |
I just went to Target and almost had quick sex
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 25, 2024 1:06 AM |
I never said they were the same, R14. Boy, you REALLY are stupid.
And groceries, R17.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 25, 2024 1:06 AM |
BARBARA PLEASE! Don’t fight girls-anything can happen at Target you know that.Don’t you know that?
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 25, 2024 1:17 AM |
How do you pay your rent at the Y, OP- with bussy?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 25, 2024 1:19 AM |
I wish I still had the bussy, R21!
And thanks--I send my love!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 25, 2024 1:21 AM |
OP burns down nursing homes when he’s not shopping for wasteful nonsense at Target.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 25, 2024 1:24 AM |
Like groceries, R23?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 25, 2024 1:24 AM |
You would be surprised how many older folk with checking accounts only know personal checks and still don't use a debit/credit card.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 25, 2024 1:26 AM |
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! 😂😂😂😂
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 25, 2024 1:28 AM |
r25 Very few
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 25, 2024 1:28 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 25, 2024 1:31 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 25, 2024 1:33 AM |
*yelling at the cashier
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 25, 2024 1:33 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 25, 2024 1:33 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 25, 2024 1:50 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 25, 2024 1:52 AM |
“I don’t know how to use the internet!” 🤡
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 25, 2024 1:52 AM |
r31 No. But you enjoy making stuff up!
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 25, 2024 1:59 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 25, 2024 2:03 AM |
You’re out of the will, OP!
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 25, 2024 2:04 AM |
I do appreciate the convenience of paying my annual DL platinum membership fee by check.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 25, 2024 2:05 AM |
[quote] All I was doing was relaying a rather amusing incident
An elderly man writes a check.
Hysterical. Oh my sides.
🙄
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 25, 2024 2:10 AM |
He was yelling, R39.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 25, 2024 2:11 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 25, 2024 2:18 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 25, 2024 2:23 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 25, 2024 2:38 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 25, 2024 2:43 AM |
R44-forgot about that one-too funny.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 25, 2024 2:51 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 25, 2024 2:52 AM |
What’s a faxes?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 25, 2024 2:52 AM |
[R46]- And then she just flounced out of the room.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 25, 2024 2:55 AM |
Everyone I see at stores pays with a card, no matter the age.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 25, 2024 3:08 AM |
I only go to Target to see their gay boys entertain shoppers with a surprise dance.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 25, 2024 3:09 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 25, 2024 3:12 AM |
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?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 25, 2024 3:12 AM |
No one was laughing out loud, Mary R52.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 25, 2024 3:13 AM |
THERE ARE NO SILLY CUNTS ON DL - ONLY CUNTS
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 25, 2024 3:25 AM |
Was it your first Elder Gay sighting in the wild, OP?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 25, 2024 3:30 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 25, 2024 3:30 AM |
OP- Is is possible that YOU are that grumpy old man?
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 25, 2024 3:31 AM |
[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!
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 25, 2024 3:33 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 25, 2024 3:41 AM |
He may have just arrived from another planet with no ready cash or stuck in a time warp-what else you got?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 25, 2024 3:43 AM |
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!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 25, 2024 3:43 AM |
OP just sharing observation he didn’t shoot the guy.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 25, 2024 3:45 AM |
And-and-and he was a trans.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 25, 2024 3:45 AM |
And born with a dick AND a vagina.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 25, 2024 3:46 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 25, 2024 3:47 AM |
And he used to work for Ellen!
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 25, 2024 3:47 AM |
And I bet during the nine decades he's had that bank account, he's never had a one check bounce!
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 25, 2024 3:47 AM |
I’m the man who wrote the check-I’m so sorry-just swallowed a bottle of Visine
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 25, 2024 3:51 AM |
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).
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 25, 2024 3:51 AM |
Now look what you’ve done.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 25, 2024 3:52 AM |
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!
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 25, 2024 3:53 AM |
We’ve got to close this thread before more people get hurt or worse.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 25, 2024 3:54 AM |
Now everyone on this fucking thread is being Targeted.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 25, 2024 3:55 AM |
Which Target was this?
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 25, 2024 3:55 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 25, 2024 3:55 AM |
Already said Hell's Kitchen Target, R74.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 25, 2024 3:56 AM |
FASCINATING
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 25, 2024 3:58 AM |
It was an answer to a question, cunt R77.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 25, 2024 3:59 AM |
Sorry,arrived late and missed some of the story.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 25, 2024 4:00 AM |
Now we know how half the cunts on this thread will be acting in Targets in a few years--or already do.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 25, 2024 4:00 AM |
I was at an estate sale last weekend without enough cash, but was able to use a check.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 25, 2024 4:02 AM |
That old man from Target should have been with you, R81.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 25, 2024 4:03 AM |
Jf he was.white it was Teacake buying jumbo Depends, cat food, boxed wine and corn pads.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 25, 2024 4:04 AM |
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?
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 25, 2024 4:35 AM |
Why didn’t I think of that?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 25, 2024 4:41 AM |
Having to ask a target ‘’team member’’ to get locked up toothpaste is like pulling teeth. Nevermind. Went home-ordered on Amazon.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 25, 2024 4:44 AM |
^^you couldn't have just gone to another store?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 25, 2024 4:49 AM |
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!
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 25, 2024 9:35 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 25, 2024 9:53 AM |
R84, I did hear the cashier say he could go to customer service.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 25, 2024 12:27 PM |
I haven't written a check in at least 15 years. Wait until some of you hear about digital driver licenses.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 25, 2024 12:36 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 25, 2024 12:41 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 25, 2024 1:09 PM |
Wow, Mary R93, someone really hit a nerve with you!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 25, 2024 1:11 PM |
Get off of my lawn!
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 25, 2024 1:13 PM |
Whenever I see an old person I push them or kick them, I run away too fast for the cops to catch me.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 25, 2024 1:40 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 25, 2024 1:41 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 25, 2024 1:44 PM |
r90 Wow, that is just super fascinating!
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 25, 2024 11:14 PM |
And yet here you are, R99.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 26, 2024 12:36 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 26, 2024 1:30 AM |
R101 He was out of his comfort zone - he was actually in a social setting and his anxiety soared.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 26, 2024 1:36 AM |
I'm basically retired, but I still pass bad checks.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 26, 2024 1:54 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 26, 2024 2:24 AM |
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!
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 26, 2024 2:34 AM |
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?
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 26, 2024 12:12 PM |
I haven't even seen a check in years. It's unbelievable that anyone would try to pay with a check in 2024.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 26, 2024 12:25 PM |
r106 Americans are very resistant to change. Even little trivial things can send them into a fit.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 26, 2024 12:27 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 26, 2024 1:21 PM |
R3 I love you. Even if fake I enjoy a good read.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 26, 2024 1:28 PM |
It wasn't at all fake (WHY would I make this up???), but thanks, R110!
See, bitches! I AM loved here!
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 26, 2024 4:47 PM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 26, 2024 8:22 PM |
R106 cheques are goneburger here too as of 2021, many businesses had stopped accepting them years earlier
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 26, 2024 9:33 PM |
r112 Americans are especially bad.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 26, 2024 10:35 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | July 26, 2024 10:36 PM |
Civil War on the horizon-Trump/JD-2024
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 26, 2024 11:58 PM |
[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
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 27, 2024 5:33 AM |
[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.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 27, 2024 6:16 AM |
R118 cheques as gifts were uncommon even back in the 80's most people gave cash, at least here anyway
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 27, 2024 6:20 AM |
R119 Did they send cash in the mail? Here checks were very common as gifts.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 27, 2024 6:25 AM |
Also back then (at least in the US) people still paid many of their bills by check.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 27, 2024 6:26 AM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 27, 2024 1:27 PM |
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.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 27, 2024 2:15 PM |
I remember checks being common as gifts in the 90s.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 28, 2024 4:26 AM |
Now we just do prepaid credit cards.
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