The USA continues to baffle me. You people still have paper checks? I haven’t seen one in at least 30 years in Europe (before that I was too little to care about such things, so I might never have seen one)
Sadly, we still do. But it’s really more a matter of vendor preference these days, since some places (usually small/personal operations) don’t do digital payments. That and nobody carries large amounts of cash around, so checks are the only alternative.
That said, anyone that hasn’t moved on to prefer a bank card or credit-card is behind the times, or doesn’t have a bank account. Still, it’s rare to see these days, especially at the grocery store.
I haven’t heard of checks being used anywhere in Europe. But I’m willing to bet some people do. Germans are weird about cards so I wouldn’t be surprised.
US here - I haven’t seen one used at a grocery store in over 20 years. Only people I’ve ever seen use them are old people, or people using them to pay bills.
The USA continues to baffle me. You people still have paper checks? I haven’t seen one in at least 30 years in Europe (before that I was too little to care about such things, so I might never have seen one)
Sadly, we still do. But it’s really more a matter of vendor preference these days, since some places (usually small/personal operations) don’t do digital payments. That and nobody carries large amounts of cash around, so checks are the only alternative.
That said, anyone that hasn’t moved on to prefer a bank card or credit-card is behind the times, or doesn’t have a bank account. Still, it’s rare to see these days, especially at the grocery store.
You not having seen one doesn’t mean they don’t exist in Europe.
When you leave a room, are you aware that that room continues to exist?
I haven’t heard of checks being used anywhere in Europe. But I’m willing to bet some people do. Germans are weird about cards so I wouldn’t be surprised.
US here - I haven’t seen one used at a grocery store in over 20 years. Only people I’ve ever seen use them are old people, or people using them to pay bills.