*whimper fucking whimper*

[JayKeeley]

Cool, I'm just going on prejudices as usual

Though I gather that checks and money orders and antique shit like that is still used a lot in the US, as evidenced by loads of eBay auctions and such that want payment in money orders... Money orders are pretty much impossible to receive/send in most of Europe... We just don't use them.

On-line banking in the USA is very new. The entire banking system here is antiquated, and some banks have started to advertise "Free Checking" as if you shouldn't already be getting free banking! Can you believe that? If you don't have free checking, you have to BUY checks from your own bank in order to spend your own money.

We recently sent a check off to the mortgage company, and they said they never received it. So we called the bank to ask them to cancel the check (just so they don't deposit it after we already send a replacement). We were told it would cost us $30 to stop the check, and that would only last for 6 months, so if this check magically appeared later on, they could easily cash it, and we would have paid twice the mortgage in that month, leaving us broke for a while.

Two things I was really surprised about here being so backwards (other than the obvious): shitty banking, and crap cellphone service/companies. Digital cellphones only came out here in May '98! That means, up until April '98, everyone in the US was still on analog service.

 

[NAD]

I've been online banking for.... like 5 years now. Most banks have a ridiculous amount of fees, but once you learn the kinks they are easy to avoid (minimum balance requirements, don't use foreign ATMs, blah blah blah). "Free checking" is a fucking lie, especially those assholes Washington Shitual that always say that shit, I had their "free checking" some years back, to the tune of $7 a month + fees + this + that + bag of stale chips + poop.

Checks are completely useless, since last year that law was passed that made checks deposit instantly and electronically, you don't even get that 3 to 5 day grace period where your shit won't bounce.

 

[circus_brimstone]

@ct_thrash: I used to work at Toys 'R Us. Sucks!

@One Inch Man: The bank I work at doesn't have a lot of fees, but unless you live in Southern Indiana then it's a moot point. In other words, fuck off!

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

toys r us was indeed traumatizing
now i have an excuse to go in there and see how much worse its gotten for the two or so people that are still there from when i worked there.
it'll be worse than touring a third world country with starving children at my feet. well, maybe not.

 

[NAD]

Hey what the fuck is wrong with Toys Rrn't Us these days?! I went in there to check out their Lego selection because I assumed it was bigger than Target's and it SUCKED! They had this tiny ass aisle of Legos with only like 3 Harry Potter thingies!

Yeah, I bought my mom some Harry Potter Legos for Mother's Day a few weeks ago, she loves them shitz.

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

its not that great of a toy store. its much more sensible to shop at target or wal mart for the same toys. but some (a lot) of people still like the idea of shopping at a toy store, and thats all toys r us has going for them at this point.

 

[lizard]

at mine they never have enough cashiers except for fat middleaged women who used to be biker wimmen cause they've got tattoos that say stuff like "property of Satan's Minions MC" and shit like that.

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

yeah. i was a cashier, and almost always the ONLY cashier for my entire shift. i was lucky to get 1 break, 6 or so hours into it.

 

[lizard]

back on the nevermore board, before you went to MD...didn't you have some job that lasted like a week?

 

[JayKeeley]

Checks are completely useless, since last year that law was passed that made checks deposit instantly and electronically, you don't even get that 3 to 5 day grace period where your shit won't bounce.

Hey did you know that if you pay for your Starbucks coffee with a credit card, you don't even have to sign for it? They just swipe it and you go. I always thought it odd when nobody compares signature on card and bill, but now even signatures are becoming a thing of the past.

 

[JayKeeley]

its not that great of a toy store. its much more sensible to shop at target or wal mart for the same toys. but some (a lot) of people still like the idea of shopping at a toy store, and thats all toys r us has going for them at this point.

Yes. Target is just getting better and better. The best thing about Target is that the stores are clean and well maintained, unlike Wal Mart which really are vile. You walk down the aisles in Wal Mart and there's spilled shampoo and crap everywhere.

Also, with regards to the toys section, Barbie outfits are $2 in Target, and the same thing in Toys R Us is $6. That's pretty phenomenal.

 

[NAD]

Also, with regards to the toys section, Barbie outfits are $2 in Target, and the same thing in Toys R Us is $6. That's pretty phenomenal.

 

[JayKeeley]

Yeah, I know all about little girl's toys, heh.

I assume you've seen the new line of Barbie dolls ("Cali Girl")? Tell me if this chick doesn't stir something in your loins:

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

back on the nevermore board, before you went to MD...didn't you have some job that lasted like a week?

yes...at a general contractor's office where my mom works. that was horrid as well. my boss there just recently went loony and stole $20,000 from the company and ran off!

 

[NAD]

I assume you've seen the new line of Barbie dolls ("Cali Girl")? Tell me if this chick doesn't stir something in your loins:

Board shorts on a chick are one of the hottest things ever. I wear my board shorts on hungover days where I don't shower or comb my hair, I'm like the polar opposite.

 

[lizard]

maybe he need te cash for toys r us!

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

alright i did some calling around and was eventually directed to HR. called them, they did this long ass interview with me detailing it all.
the chick said they would call me back to verify another check was being sent. i wasn't asked for the check number or my ssn OR my address! just my name, the store location, and the amount of the check.
then we were almost done. "thank you for calling. let me give you the report number as a record of this conversation: 505---*static*CLICK. though my phone was displaying enough range to not crap out like that. plus after that i was still on the line, but she wasn't. i could still hear the faint tapping in the background which i assume was the line being tapped as i was informed it was at the very beginning.
so i COULD call back but i'd be talking to someone else, and i don't remember the chick's name. she had such a thick spanish accent i had enough trouble just trying to figure out what she was asking me.
OH WELL. if i don't get a call within a couple days i'll just call back and go through all that crap again.
fuckin' toystore!

 

[NAD]

You know what to do...