Some Peeves, some Sigh

[fireheart]

Theaters check ID for R-Rated moviegoers over 12 now? o_O

And wait, the dad sued the theater because HE allowed his son go see the movie, and apparently had not impressed upon the son that he was not to see R movies... >_< Makes perfect sense to me...

Probably wasn't aware that the son was seeing an R-rated movie.

[Teefies2]

Probably wasn't aware that the son was seeing an R-rated movie.

This. You see, your honor, not only was I not aware my son was seeing an R-rated movie, I had expressly FORBIDDEN him to leave the house while my wife & I were conducting our weekly religious ... ummmm stuff. Therefore it's the theater's fault, cause they pulled him out of our house, forced him to buy the ticket, and chained him to the seat to make him watch it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flying Grype]

The agent looks at the check and sees that it had been made out to a couple. On questioning, the man claimed that his name was actually "John And Mary Smith", because his mother had been expecting twins but he was the only one born, so they gave him both names.

The thing is... now, Mr. Grype and I don't have a joint account with cheques, so I don't know what the chequing would look like... but if you have a joint account with both names on the cheques, doesn't that mean either spouse could write a check on it? Couldn't he say he was John Smith and get away with it? Or would Mary have to sign it too?

[EricKei]

In a joint account, the normal thing is such that either person can write/cash a cheque on their own.

Checks that require two signatures will actually have 2 sig lines on the face, and usually some note on there stating that they are both required for validity.

[Kogarashi]

However, if your answer when asked about it is, "My name is 'John and Mary Smith,'" then you fail hard.

Most of us would respond, "Yeah, it's a joint account," and present ID if asked to prove that we are the relevant spouse.

[Gizmo]

Many years ago I heard a story about a temp in the IRS mailroom that had stolen a bunch of checks and cashed them by altering the Pay To section and getting a fake ID...

IRS

I.R.Sheppard

Yeah we have a similar legend in the UK about a law firm accountant who banked all the Stamp Duty cheques that were made out to Inland Revenue (and with an account of Ian Revenue or something?). Took quite a while before it was noticed.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Many years ago I heard a story about a temp in the IRS mailroom that had stolen a bunch of checks and cashed them by altering the Pay To section and getting a fake ID...

IRS

I.R.Stupid

Corrected for truthiness.

[Primer]

...a man comes into a check-cashing place and tries to cash a check, claiming it was his. The agent looks at the check and sees that it had been made out to a couple. On questioning, the man claimed that his name was actually "John And Mary Smith"...

...if you have a joint account with both names on the cheques, doesn't that mean either spouse could write a check on it? Couldn't he say he was John Smith and get away with it? Or would Mary have to sign it too?

The check was from a third party, made out to the couple. In that case, both signatures are required for the endorsement. If the check had been from a joint account, the Mr. Smith could have written it to the check cashing company and his signature alone (with proper ID) would be sufficient.