| Show The Th e Perils P erl I S of 0 f Cashing C as h a Check Ch ec k at a t J t- t j. j jj As a new year begins I wonder what lies in store for actually I fear Now that the metamorphosis metamorphosis metamorphosis meta meta- from caterpillar to butterfly is is' complete will the butterfly be careful and I use use precaution or will it with its newfound newfound newfound new new- found freedom become careless and destroy the very essence of its existence by forgetting that underneath it all it is still just a caterpillar caterpillar cater cater- pillar par ill f h 1 P P. P Printed rID t d f f Matter j by Joey McNeill McNeill n. n t I guess w what h at I Im I'm m trying ng t to 0 say is l' l now that The Tech has become a full-fledged full community college what lies in store for the students Will we keep the reputation we have long that enjoyed that we We- actually care about the or students students-or will the opinions that seem to be so strongly felt about other i larger universities-that universities they are cold and uncaring-become uncaring our own r f My fears first started at the k beginning of Spring Quarter I returned a new book at the back of the 1 college bookstore for some money J They gave me a check for about 2800 i. i lJ Can I cash this here I asked iP expecting ting a yes yes' yes answer l No we can only make out checks t here But if you go to the front Im I'm sure they can help you Well I thought that was kind of silly but since f. f v it was no more than forty feet away I didn't arg argue e. e f A lady with gray hair and glasses stood behind the counter I asked if I could cash my check and she said t C Im sorry we cant I. I t L It 1 i I I dont don't understand Policy states that were we're not allowed to cash any two-party two checks hecks Why Well weve we've just had too many problems in the past She replied her feathers ruffling a bit Well hey no problem I mean this here is a check from the College Well you see if we cashed your two-party two check heck then that means wed we'd have to cash everybody's and you can see what that would mean dont don't you No I said Why dont don't you tell me what that means I could see her feathers scatter all over the room H Her r lips tightened over polished dentures Her eyes displayed an almost evil look of determination that could be seen and understood even through her thick glasses a look that had been n perfected through thousands of turn That Thai means I cant can't cash your check I am sorry Yeah r. r right fine I l said walking off in hi disgust Then in the midst of darkness came a ray of light You Vou could go to the registration desk she called after me I heard a touch of charity in her voice They cash checks all the time there So I Iw w went nt off to the registration desk where I have never registered and nd as asfar asfar f far as I know neither has anyone else I asked for my twenty-eight twenty dollars Im sorry w we cant can't cash that here Its It's Let me guess policy right I Iwas Iwas Iwas was about to punch this policy guy in inthe th the nose j Right were we're not allowed to cash any checks from the bookstore Why What did they ever do to l you I beside the point The problem is if we let you cash a check then anybody could come in here and cash a check Look why dont don't you try the college credit union They might be able to help you there Im I'm not sure if it was simply a glimmer of hope pure undefiled stupidity or merely the fact that it ws kind of on the way but I decided What the heck I made it to the credit union and I have to say that by this time I was pretty fed up Hello can I help you a. a Well are you gonna cash this damn thing or not Cash what a r j 1 4 TJ A check from the college z j Sure V Yeah that that's that's s. s i what I thought What Suddenly ly the a anger ger I felt seemed swept away I really felt like I had found an organization that was wa actually there to help someone and was not ot set up for their own self Could it act actually ally be that I had found that the e small business actually knew how to treat people and was not just based on a bunch of bureaucratic crap I really felt like I had found some light at the end of the tunnel That I had finally What's your account number Account A number f f t Yes for your account I i r What account I i ir r A I V Y You dont don't have an account here Uh J s I-s said id in the tone of a soldier tortured int into giving out much VV c wanted information on Well we cant can't help you miles es have an account now I said almost begging its twenty-eight twenty dollars Im sorry but if we cash your check check- What do you guys got a book you follow or something And then I said the most intelligent thing I could muster at th the time You guys are so stupid i walked away disillusioned I was no longer the sweet naive person that was full of hope I had been defiled by bya a bunch of r regulations that seemed to tomake tomake tomake make no sense at all I felt like I was smothering in red tape I had fought the bureaucracy and lost I felt much like Socrates who fought against authority for a just cause and got poisoned for it That's Democracy Then it hit me like a ton of igloo bricks There must be a way to break breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough through the system I dont don't know some kind of organization to help the Little Guy Kind of like the government government government govern govern- ment only it actually works It would be set up to cut through all the problems and unnecessary things that thata a normal person has to go through to get a lousy twenty-eight twenty dollars It wot would ld have to start with some act of rebellion This was perfect I would go and somehow get my money that should have been cashed at the bookstore in hi the first place I know how but somehow I I would get it and by so doing I would make an awesome statement and save face at atthe atthe the same time Yeah Yeah that's it CantIn Continued oa on page ire five j 1 CHECK CASHING y continued What a great idea It It- would be great It would start out small and just grow and grow until it filled the US U.S. the world I could be the Ghandi of colleges everywhere It would be gre- gre said my stomach I paused for a moment feeling the pangs of hunger Then I thought No I cant can't just chuck chucka a whole ideology out the window There're more to life than hunger this is important and bygum by bygum bygum gum this time Im I'm a by my guns I looked West toward the discouragingly massive pile of red tape that completely smothered the College Center Ah the heck with it I said I went out and bought a cheeseburger |
