Open Letter to People Who Write Checks

Dear people who write checks/cheques:

• Please use blue or blank ink. Other colors are hard to read and sometimes don't show up when scanned into a computer. DO NOT USE RED or PINK!
• PLEASE PRINT on the "Pay to the order of..." line and the legal line (the one where you write out in words how much you want to give to someone). I can't read your beautiful cursive that you learned 50 years ago in grade school. Your T's look like J's.
• PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE either of the two aforementioned lines blank. EVER. 
• Make sure you know who you are writing the check to.
• PLEASE sign your checks.
• If there is no way to make your chicken-scratch handwriting legible, please use Microsoft office (or something similar) and a printer to print your check.
• The only line that can ever be left blank is the memo line. This is a note to yourself or to the person you are writing the check to. 

Example Check:

Thanks,

Chrissy