Last week I noticed that our household was down to its last check, so I quickly went online to order new ones from my bank. The first choice you have to make in this process is whether or not you want plain checks or the checks with Tweety Bird or NASCAR pictures on them. I, of course, opted for the plain ones because the last thing I want to do is pay extra to entertain some poor accounts receivable schlub down at the electric company. I’m just not that nice.
After choosing the plain checks, the next design choice was whether or not you want to put a fun or inspirational saying on your checks. I’d never heard of this before, so I spent a few minutes clicking on some of the options and rolling my eyes at how stupid they were. I mean, what kind of nimrod puts a saying on their checks? Does everything need to be customized? Are we, as a society, that narcissistic? I couldn’t believe that anyone would actually do this.
Cut to yesterday when our new checks arrived and my husband immediately pulled them out of the box because he had to write one out to an auto body shop and another one out to the IRS.
About ten seconds after he started writing, his pen suddenly came to a dead halt. Because this is what he saw right above the signature line:
Yes, apparently when I was clicking on all of the stupid sayings, I actually selected one. And now “LIVIN’ LARGE AND TAKIN’ CHARGE” is on all of our personal checks. All 250 of our personal checks. Which, I guess, answers the question I asked earlier about what kind of nimrod puts a saying on their checks. Now everyone who gets a payment from us is going to wonder why we suddenly think we’re Hank Williams Jr.
But maybe the poor schlub down at the electric company will enjoy them. Because my husband—well, not so much.
Or at least that’s what I think he’d say if he were talking to me.
That’s awesome – and horrible! I didn’t even know you could put sayings like that on your check. I think you picked a good one. 🙂
I guess it’s time to start paying bills online…
Thanks for the giggle – I needed that!
OMG, I just fell off my chair! Hilarious!
That is amazingly awesome. :o)
You are so Texas, Wendi. Way to let the clowns who are taking your money know who’s boss.
I can’t believe you didn’t put “Hook ‘Em.”
OMG! I still can’t breathe from laughing so hard. My husband has got to read this one!
Omg, I love it!!! You cannot make this stuff up!!!
OMG! Laughing so hard when I read this. Soo funny!
It’s totally not your fault. I’d sue them.
Don’t obsess about it.
Anyone can screw up. Of course, screwing up 250 times with one stroke is a kind of impressive feat…
Let’s hope the IRS don’t reach the conclusion you are living large as a lady of the night and charging for it. Just saying.
Hahaha! Of all the sayings… Oh man, that cracks! me! up!
This is pretty awesome! I would embrace it and live large and take charge!
Best slip ever.
Writing checks at all is pride swallowing in today’s digital age so I say you write that with as much bravado as you can muster.
Refill them with “Breakin’ Necks and Cashin’ Checks….”
–>I guess it could be worse and it could have ready, “Suckas, we ain’t got no money.”
Haha. If that were on my cheques, it’d be irony.
I only write them for the condo fees and my kid’s school, so that’d be extra funny.
Okay, I can’t stop laughing. That’s SUCH a hilarious check – of all the sayings, I can’t believe you accidentally chose that one!
Oh, I’m in pain! I cannot stop laughing, my husband is looking at me like I’m psycho. Too too perfect.
I think that’s going on all my correspondence from now on.
Why can I see myself doing thing? Funny!
THAT IS AWESOME.
I need to check and see if my company offers pithy-saying checks. I need some!
Hahahaha… that is all kinds of awesome!
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At least it wasn’t “Live. Laugh. Love.”
here from Misadventures with Andi. This is so funny, especially since the IRS was getting the check.
SO FUNNY!!!! Thinking of this is going to have me cracking up all day 🙂
OMG that is CLASSIC. Well done. By accident.
Now I am super excited to order checks. Is there a “create your own saying” option? If so, I’m using: Living Large Just Like Wendi Aarons.
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I followed this post from Andi’s Saturday Six and I am beet red from laughing. Thank you for giving me such a lift. 🙂
I’m cracking up! Out of all the phrases you could have accidentally picked!
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