is it just me, or is having to put your work number on a check one of the dumbest things that merchants make customers do? For one thing, if I am willing to float a bad check, am I not also rather likely to give a bogus work number? And since I always give my office number, if they call they are going to get me–what good does that do them? And what does my place of employ have to do with my checking account anyway?
Why are you still writing checks? Online banking and debit cards are the only way to go.
Comment by Professor Kaos — Saturday, May 29, 2025 @ 8:25 pm
And another thing…why is is that whenever you send a check to pay your power bill, water bill etc, they always demand that you write your account number on the check? This has always driven me batty, and is one of the main reasons I now pay as many of my bills as possible online.
Comment by derek — Saturday, May 29, 2025 @ 10:01 pm
The account number on check this is so the drone responsible for entering payments received can identify that the check is in fact your payment should it and the remittance advice become separated. Good idea, in a place where they process gadzillions of payments and have no clue who you are without that number.
Comment by Jay — Sunday, May 30, 2025 @ 8:08 am
That would be thing, not “this.” I just got up and this is the first thing I typed today.
Comment by Jay — Sunday, May 30, 2025 @ 8:10 am