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I’ve had sudden spike of ”when will you fix this” and „I am also affected, this is important!” comments on one of my projects. It was very odd to see sudden interest like that.

But around the same time I’ve got an email with apology explaining that company’s boss asked employees to stir up the pot to pressure me into a fix, pretending its affecting far more people than it really did.

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the best response is to say that your rates are $XYZ/hr and i take cash or cheque!

Exactly, you ask them to pay, then you see how "important" the issue really is..

There's no 3-digit hourly rate that would get me to deal with cheques.

Imagine the level of privilege required to refuse to deal with a slip of paper for $999/hr. Checks are a pain in the ass roughly equivalent to having to clip your fingernails every once in a while.

belabored local computer industry user cannot aim smartphone at check but manages to write entire smarmy comment about it, more at 10.

seriously tho, even giving someone a handwritten check and getting it deposited or cashed anywhere is a minutes problem

Might depend on the country though.

Cheques don't seem to be a thing any more in most countries (apart from special circumstances), with the clear exception of the US.

Foreign checks are admittedly a bit of a pain; I need to go to a bank branch (though not exactly a $999/hr pain). But I routinely deal with domestic checks and it's <5 minutes with my phone's bank app.

I wouldn't even know what to do with a check. I've literally never seen one.

In the USA maybe.

I need to go to my bank in person between 10-12 or 2-4 M-F here if I wanted to cash a cheque. The bank branch is an hour away.

Being in Europe, I'm not entirely sure if I could even cash a check.

At least my dad had problems with one from Canada couple years ago. And I doubt one from other places would fare any better.

First of all, it was a joke. Second, if a job is offering me $999/hr and asks me to use cheques, something's really fucking wrong and it's a scam.

Third, "blah blah take a picture with your phone" -- y'all talk about privilege as if you ever lived outside of the US. Where I'm at, dealing with a cheque involves finding a bank that will accept them (Mine sure as hell doesn't), and opening an account there, then most likely depositing it in one of their rare remaining branches because there's no such thing as photo-deposits or w/e.

How hard could it be for you to simply take a picture with your phone? I can understand opposition to writing checks since you'd need to go track down your checkbook or even get one if you don't already have one. But cashing a check is completely trivial.

There are countries outside of the united states, and checks are pretty much extinct in many countries

SEPA transfers only...

There are many things that I would do for free that I wouldn't do for many thousands of dollars. Once you accept money for something you create an expectation that the thing will get done.

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