Categories: Lifestyle

We’ll Say Goodbye to These 36 Usual Things Soon

16. Checks

It’s become an easy cliche in TV and movies: A character is in a hurry to check out at a store, and the person in front of them slowly pulls out a checkbook and proceeds to write a check as if they’re meticulously addressing a wedding invitation.

The habit of writing checks, once the default way to pay many bills, is in decline. Many stores no longer accept checks, and many shoppers are too impatient to deal with payments that must be recorded in a register and reconciled. Swiping one’s debit or credit card seems much simpler — and it is faster.

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