On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 22:53:20 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:45:57 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
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>>>I write checks often. I don't like on-line banking.
>>
>> Are you one of these charming elderly people at the supermarket
>> checkout?
>>
>> Finding check: 2 mins
>> Realizing pen is needed for writing: 3 mins
>> Talking to checkout person: 1 mins
>> Finding pen between years old peppermints: 2 mins
>> Writing on check: 5 mins
>> Talking to checkout person: 2 mins
>> Checking if amount is correct: 3 mins
>> Saying goodbye: 2 mins
>>
>> It's alright. We all hope to get that old.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce
>
>And the number one, realizing that the goods actually have to be paid for so
>waiting until everything is rung up to even start looking for the checkbook.
>
>Cheri

I usually use a credit card at the market, but If I plan to use a
check at the market in town my check is all filled out except the
amount before I leave home, so it's just as quick as the credit card.
I often use a check at doctor's offices, no one has ever had to wait
while I write, I usually need to wait for the receptionist to find a
place to slot my next appointment and then to write an appointment
card. But even if I need to wait a few minutes I don't mind, I'm
never in that much of a hurry... yoose who get all perturbed with
having to wait a few minutes are only making yourselves sicker than
yoose already are... me, I use that time constructively, ogling the
wimmens, very relaxing, lowers my pulse and heart rate.

I can imagine yoose impatient types having to wait in the doctor's
waiting room and the doctor is way late for your appointment. Even
that doesn't bother me. What I don't like is when I'm put into a
small examining room with the door shut and there's not even a window
and I'm waiting and waiting like like they forgot all about me... I'll
wait no more than ten minutes, that's when I open the door and tell
them I'm claustrophobic, that I'm going back to the waiting room and
to get me when the doctor is ready... I only need to do that once.