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What? Who would accept a cheque for anything in 2024? Sure, here's a piece of paper that says if you go to the bank I pinky promise there's some money in my account you can have. I'm nearly 40 and have never used a cheque in my entire life. They were outdated 30 years ago.

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> I'm nearly 40 and have never used a cheque in my entire life.

I could say exactly the same a year and a half ago. And then I happened to move to Israel. And I was just as shocked as you would be to learn that most apartment postings say "payment: 12 checks". That means that they want checks for a year in advance. Often the landlord even prefers cash or (in my case) a scheduled transfer in bank app, and returns the checks when they get the money in their preferred way — but "pinky promise there's some money in my account you can have", I like how you put it, is still an important artifact to show your commitment to pay rent.

I still think in most of the world checks are considered quite antiquated.

Last year my father in law passed away. While dealing with the estate I had to write perhaps 20 paper checks and received a similar number from various sales. Many of the vendors we dealt with only accepted paper checks or cash.

I did, however, pay one tow truck driver with chairs.

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