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[AugustWest]

In my bank there are tables with stacks of blank deposit tickets.  I'm pretty sure they don't mind if you take a handful with you.  They've never said anything to me...

Of course, you've got to fill in your account number and all, but it still works fine.

[linnea]

In my bank there are tables with stacks of blank deposit tickets.  I'm pretty sure they don't mind if you take a handful with you.  They've never said anything to me...

Of course, you've got to fill in your account number and all, but it still works fine.

The bank will print up some extra books, especially for you, with your pre-printed account number on them. All you have to do is ask if they can give you some extra preprinted deposit slips.
It is way easier for their proof department if you use preprinted deposit slips, so I think that's why they just hand 'em out.

[Golfhaus]

also: I want to wear a suit every day. That is so classy, man. Wearing a suit, damn.

When I first started my current job, I wore a tie every day. People would tell me to loosen up a bit, but I didn't for a while. Then I stopped wearing ties when I was in office, but wore them when I was teaching a class. Now I only wear a tie if I know someone important will be coming to the office.

[Ben-San]

I want to wear a suit everyday in an old black and white movie, is what I am saying.

Also a hat when not indoors.

[theinevitable]

necessarily.

The love of suits is also just that... loosening the tie and rolling up the sleeves of a nice shirt is somehow even more bad-assly casual than just wearing a t-shirt, you know?

I mean, that is what I will be doing while my wife vacuums in pearls and high heels and my kids experiment with drugs and rock music, which I disapprove of and don't understand.

[CortJstr]

In my bank there are tables with stacks of blank deposit tickets.  I'm pretty sure they don't mind if you take a handful with you.  They've never said anything to me...

Of course, you've got to fill in your account number and all, but it still works fine.

My bank stopped that for a while. They made you ask at the counter for blank deposit slips and would only give you one or two. I don't know why. Recently they started putting them out on the tables again.

[littlefallsmets]

Perhaps people were taking them so as to make paper mache bankers and fill them with candy.

That they might be smashed to ribbons by blindfolded children in effigy.

[jaydub]

Also a hat when not indoors.

Almost always - although this is unusual enough in our society today that my work acquaintances (those who distantly know me) refer to me as "the hat guy".

[pmcd9]

I push the button that says call teller on it.  I say "I need a deposit slip and a pen please."  Where it says account number I put my social security number on and a note that says "ckg. acct. plz look up nbr."

[Arachno-capitalist]

I push the button that says call teller on it.  I say "I need a deposit slip and a pen please."  Where it says account number I put my social security number on and a note that says "ckg. acct. plz look up nbr."

"Ckg AKUNT LOLZ look up #, BRB N00B"

[jay-ell]

My bank (credit union) doesn't use deposit slips.  We just write our account number on the back of the check, right under the endorsement. 

It's weird, and I was a little thrown when I first switched over, but it's certainly more convenient than having to fill out a form every time I want to give myself money.  Also, I have my account number memorized now.  That seems like a useful thing to know in a pinch. 

[Golfhaus]

We just slide our check into the slot on the ATM - no deposit slip, not even a friggin' ENVELOPE, which kinda weirded me out at first. We don't even have to tell the ATM what amount the check is for - it scans it and reads it and all we have to do is verify the amount.

Of course, now we're set up for online bill pay and direct deposit, and theoretically could go months without ever going to a bank or writing a check.

[jay-ell]

Of course, now we're set up for online bill pay and direct deposit, and theoretically could go months without ever going to a bank or writing a check.

Us too, except we have to pay for preschool by check.  But I can handle writing one check a month -- the rest of the bills take me about an hour once a month.  That includes recording the current balances on each of our credit cards, car payment, and numerous student loans and entering them in a spreadsheet that tracks our monthly debt and graphs it over time.  That part, actually, takes longer than the actual bill pay (which takes about 10 minutes). 

We also opted out of paper statements everywhere we can, so I get 75% of my bills exclusively online.  Save a tree, and that way if the statement doesn't come before I'm  ready to pay the bills I don't end up being surprised by the amount. 

I got my Mom into online bill pay, too.  She was reluctant to change the system she'd been using for 25 years, but now she loves it.  She still gets paper statements from most people but also has online access to all her accounts because they travel a lot in the summer. 

Online banking is awesome, is the point here. 

[side_show]

I have recently tried to sign up for on-line payment with the company that provides our internet, phone and cable. 

I went to their site.  "Please input your 6 or 11 digit account number"  Looks at 8 digit account number.  Clearly labelled "account number" on the statement.  Hmmm.  Inputs 8 digit account number.  "Sorry that number is incorrect.  Account numbers are either 6 or 11 digits long."  Hmm.  Looks at statement again, checks second page where again "account number" is listed and is indeed 8 digits long.  Checks date on statement - indeed this is this month's statement.  Clicks on "help" section, looks under "where to find your account number."  The instructions indicate to look in the top right hand area.  Which is where the same 8 digit number, labelled "account number" is.  Reenters account number, dropping off the first two digits to make it 6... "that account number does not exist.  Sorry you're having trouble.  Please enter your 6 or 11 digit account number. Or call 1-866...."  Sighs.  Dials number.  The automated system announces a 20-25 minute wait and suggest going on-line.  "All you need is your account number!"  Sighs.  Hangs up.  Writes check.

[wombat]

Isn't it kind of unnerving when your internet company can't seem to design a website that is actually functional?  Ours is like that too.