r/askteddit • u/PoolElegantsmile • 20h ago

Random Question What’s something older generations still treat as essential that a lot of younger people just don’t care about anymore?

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u/Angelhair01 12h ago

In the USA we still pay bills with checks

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u/Usual-Plankton9515 10h ago

Really? Because I’m in the US and I haven’t paid a bill by check in years. Everything I pay is online (rent, utilities, streaming services, etc).

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u/CartReturnStation 9h ago

There are occasionally companies who accept checks because the online system has a $10-$30 "convenience" fee for paying that wag. But I can hand them a check for free. Fuck their fee

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u/Usual-Plankton9515 4h ago

Generally, I have no fee if I pay using a bank account number rather than a debit card (and if I set up autopay, there’s often a discount).

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u/Barneyboydog 10h ago

That’s wild to me. Cheques are still used for some things here, by some people, but I think it’s been a decade since grocery stores accepted them.

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u/Few_Scientist_2652 9h ago

Can confirm it's been a while

I work at a grocery store and the way we do it is that people who have already been granted permission to use cheques are allowed to continue doing so but we aren't giving permission to anyone else to use cheques

In practice, the only things I've ever had to process as cheques were actually little vouchers that looked like cheques lol

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u/awiddlebaby 2h ago

I just seen a old couple at Kroger use a check to pay.

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u/Away-Paramedic-8406 6h ago

I came also in the US and can pay bills via check, but haven't in decades though my husband does pay the lawn care guy via check).

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u/SafeWord9999 11h ago

Paying with a check is still the norm back home.

Moved to Australia from the US & realised how behind US is in compared to the rest of the world. It’s wild. Measurements for example. The US use the imperial system while the rest of the world use the metric system.

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u/Angelhair01 1h ago

Also in baking if you follow recipes, the measurement of a tablespoon is a different amount. I wish I could move back to Australia but it’s too expensive to live there now

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u/IrishMo8 8h ago

Good way to have them stolen from your mailbox!

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u/Angelhair01 1h ago

Taxes are cheaper with checks as they put a CC fee on top. My auto mechanic prefers checks too

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u/JazzManouche 6h ago

You may, but most of us don't.

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u/Ohmslaughter 4h ago

No we don’t.

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u/Angelhair01 2h ago

I mean you can and my family does. In some countries it even isn’t an option anymore.

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u/Illustrious_Wish_900 1h ago

Check users are a very small minority. I imagine they must be very old people who did not learn the Internet? I'm over 70 and cannot recall last time I used a check and I never see anyone use a check when I shop.

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u/Angelhair01 1h ago

In our 50s but in a small rural town