Every now and again we’ll come upon a story that makes us want to move to a secluded cabin:

Checking systems’ vagaries make them susceptible to scams, so we can understand why Walgreens might want to protect themselves against our reader by denying his drug purchase. Certegry, their check verification service, said that “statistically speaking,” his purchase price, the store location, and the time of purchase meant the check might be fake. This flummoxed reader DudeAsInCool. His description of the ensuing events, and how Certegy eventually cleared him, might make you chortle.

Every now and again, we’ll forget about the myriad forces that hold your life and/or your credit rating in their indifferent and slippery hands.  Every thing that could be known about you is known by people who don’t care if you can get your medicine because of the slight possibility that your check might be bad.