check dates
I've got a check dated 8/1/2002. I went to the bank to cash it and they say "sorry, we cannot cash this check for you, it's from January" and I reply "no, it's from August" and they go "no, look, it says January", so I begin to lose my patience "You stupid bank person, this check is from US and this is how they write the first of August", but then he runs away to find his manager and the manager tries to call someone in the US bank but cannot get through (the idiot probably never realized it was the middle of the night there) and I have to wait while they run around like chickens with their heads chopped off. Finally when they asked me for the tenth time I said "YES! YES! I'm absolutely and positively sure that this damn check is from August, now give me my fucking money!" and they agreed.
Gee, could you US guys spell out the date? Or even better learn to wire money... Because if I go there next month with a check that says 9/1/2002 and they say "it's from January" I'm going to explode.
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