People...please, on your next visit to the grocery store, the gas station, the liquor store, the pharmacy or any other place of business that other humans happen to frequent, try to have one tiny iota of consideration for those of us in the long line rapidly forming directly behind you. You do not exist in a vacuum. Your actions in such situations directly affect the flow of other people's daily lives. Take a moment, once in a while, to think about that and then act accordingly.
At the top of the list of common courtesies that I'd love to see afforded to all of us in my ever shortening lifetime is a simple attempt at brevity when writing a personal check (a payment method that I resolutely abhor).
If you feel that you simply MUST write a check, Rule Number One is to never, under any circumstances, fill out your check register before you trouble yourself to actually write the dag-blasted check! The vehemence of this request is infinitely magnified if you are equipped with the magic that is the duplicate checkbook. Why not just invite us all over on the night that you balance your checking account so we can spend hours adoring your unique way of meticulously recording every payment you've made in the past month (with perfect penmanship, of course) despite the existence of a completely up-to-date imprint of every single check built right into your checkbook?
To be perfectly honest, I'd much prefer that mind-numbingly dull experience over being forced to stand in a motionless line at the Walgreen's pharmacy counter while I wait to pick up my Gout medication with nothing to look at other than your stultifying performance and a copy of People magazine so old it features K-Fed and Britney's favorite places to "hook up".
More advice to follow as conditions warrant.
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