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Consuela - Jun 23, 2011 1:20:28 pm PDT #13988 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

There's a passage in a nonfiction work by Madeleine L'Engle in which she is indignant with the bank about this very issue, and then gets creative, and starts signing her checks "Emily Dickinson," or "Louisa May Alcott," and keeping the cancelled checks they duly processed

Yeah, it was quite enlightening in law school to discover that it doesn't matter, legally, what name you sign when you sign a check. All that matters is that you sign it with the intention to approve the payment.

So I could sign my mortgage payments "Emily Dickinson" and it would be a cashable check. (NB: my real name is not Emily Dickinson.)

Of course, in the days of automatic electronic deductions, this is less of an issue.

§ ita § - Jun 23, 2011 1:21:16 pm PDT #13989 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

NB: my real name is not Emily Dickinson.

Hmm. This could be a clue...

Strix - Jun 23, 2011 1:23:22 pm PDT #13990 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Banks are evil incarnate. Word. Bank of America, I'm looking at you.

Vortex, I am indignant with you. I'll sit here, clutching my naivte to my chest. I DID know about the post-dating thing, though.

ita ruined the economy. Pass it on!

Consuela - Jun 23, 2011 1:28:56 pm PDT #13991 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Well, I do share a birthday with Emily Dickinson...

ION, I suspect the week before they're supposed to announce my position for rehiring is not the time to tell anyone I'm kind of light on work.

Pfeh.

sj - Jun 23, 2011 1:31:19 pm PDT #13992 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Banks don't care who, if anyone, signed a check or what the date on it is.

Not in every circumstances. My bank was a pain in the ass about depositing checks after TCG and I were married. His name was not on the account so not only did he have to sign the checks but be there with his license to prove it was him.

shrift - Jun 23, 2011 1:31:41 pm PDT #13993 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm tired. And cranky. Person I'm sharing a hotel with let her alarm go for almost an hour this morning. Starting at 6am.

Jesse - Jun 23, 2011 1:36:51 pm PDT #13994 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Everyone at work today was tired, cranky, and/or RILED UP. And it's going to rain for two more days! Bleh.

Sheryl - Jun 23, 2011 1:38:02 pm PDT #13995 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Steph!

Went to the U2 concert in Baltimore last night. Great show, but we didn't get home until 1. I ended up with less than 5 hours of sleep, and it's hitting me hard right now.

Strix - Jun 23, 2011 1:40:03 pm PDT #13996 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

My friend went to that concert! She posted some great pix, Sheryl!

SuziQ - Jun 23, 2011 1:43:55 pm PDT #13997 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Years ago when I took over the books as PTA treasurer, I discovered a check had been written on Christmas eve, to cash, and cashed with only one signature on the check. The PTA account was set-up to require two signatures. There was no justification or paperwork for the check and no response from the outgoing treasurer.

The bank promptly refunded our account as they shouldn't have allowed the transaction. And, unknown to me at the time, the outgoing treasurer had an account at the same bank, so they debited her account. I don't know how they can do that, but they did. Of course, I got blamed as if I had a clue where she did her personal banking.

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