I’m balancing my checkbook.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’m one of those nerds.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only do I want to know how much money I’ve got, I get off on the numbers matching up, makes me recall elementary school, with all that addition and subtraction, makes me feel satisfied, amazed that these checks go out into the world and come home to roost and the bank has never made a mistake.<\/p>\n
Mistakes…\u00c2\u00a0 Ever notice you’re better off using the ATM instead of a teller?\u00c2\u00a0 The ATM doesn’t make mistakes.\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, the newfangled ATMs are so damn slow.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, you no longer need envelopes for checks, and theoretically you can insert more than one at a time (although I did have a problem doing this once and am forevermore anxious), but it’s like Windows Vista, or the dreaded ME, the latest iteration of ATM software is worse than the prior edition.<\/p>\n
But I still use the ATM.\u00c2\u00a0 Usually late at night.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, not too late, I don’t want to get mugged.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, I used to use the ATM at midnight, even later, but then I read about a mugging on Wilshire Boulevard at the exact same ATM I used and…I no longer use that ATM.\u00c2\u00a0 But I truly solved the problem, I stopped reading the local newspaper!\u00c2\u00a0 Who wants to know about crime in your ‘hood!\u00c2\u00a0 Just freaks you out.\u00c2\u00a0 L.A. feels safe, because it looks like a giant suburb, I don’t want my illusion shattered.<\/p>\n
ANYWAY, you know how they always insert extra crap in the bank statement envelope, trying to get you to buy insurance and other crap…well, I was going to throw out the inserts from Chase and one caught my eye.\u00c2\u00a0 It said: "Deposit checks in a snap. Well, two."<\/p>\n
INTRODUCING CHASE QUICKDEPOSIT.<\/p>\n
You download an app to your smartphone, shoot both sides of the check with your camera, and voila, it’s deposited!\u00c2\u00a0 You even get a confirmation…<\/p>\n
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