I know the problem when the amounts are different, or unclear, is the teller doesn't know what amount to make it. Even though the difference is usually in the cents, it matters. Or did back in dicky-two when I was a bank teller.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
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Jesse - Mar 25, 2008 3:27:25 pm PDT #7237 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Mar 25, 2008 3:41:30 pm PDT #7238 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think when I trained as a teller we were told to go by the written out amount in preference to the numerical, though they should, of course, agree, and this was ages ago so I am probably remembering something completely different. But the idea was that the written amount was harder to alter. I don't think it ever came up a a practical matter in my few months experience.
Vortex - Mar 25, 2008 3:45:26 pm PDT #7239 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It's been a long time since Negotiable Instruments, but as I recall, a check is simply a written document drawn on a specific bank against funds that have been deposited. The document must state who is to be paid and how much.
Vortex - Mar 25, 2008 3:46:35 pm PDT #7240 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But the idea was that the written amount was harder to alter.
of course, once people stopped writing out "thirty two cents" and started putting "32/100", that safety net went away :)
-t - Mar 25, 2008 3:54:39 pm PDT #7241 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
True. I do that myself, though I enjoy writing checks for whole dollar amounts as "FIfty-four only" or whatever, rather than "and 00/100".
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2008 4:00:21 pm PDT #7242 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
people stopped writing out "thirty two cents" and started putting "32/100"
They did??? No one tells me anything! How will I ever keep up???
Okay, that last burst of work took a lot out of me. I am off home.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 25, 2008 4:05:18 pm PDT #7243 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
How could anyone fit the amount in without writing 32/100? I have trouble fitting amounts over one hundred dollars!
Jesse - Mar 25, 2008 4:06:16 pm PDT #7244 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They did???
They did a long time ago! But what we saw in the bank was the person wrote $32.76 (say) in the box, and then just "thirty two ---------" on the line instead of "thirty two and 76/100."
sarameg - Mar 25, 2008 4:08:35 pm PDT #7245 of 10001
I write out six hundred and eighty-three dollars and 00/100-------.
Gets interesting when I'm writing my cc bill in a bad month (I put most everything not rent and utilities on that.) I have to start shrinking the letters 3/4 way through.
Theodosia - Mar 25, 2008 4:18:24 pm PDT #7246 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm so very sorry, Scrappy, and holding you and your family in my thoughts tonight.