How do you cash in a raincheck?

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I think the title of the thread is pretty self-explanatory: how do you take someone up on that offer of postponment to a later date? Are there different rules for a guy cashing in another guy's raincheck than there are for a guy cashing in a girl's raincheck? Or is there no such thing as cashing one in, because "can I take a raincheck?" is just a subversive way of saying "leave me alone?"

 

[CCA]

Last year about April/Mayish. I was planning to go on a date with a coworker.

It delayed then I got a raincheck. Still haven't cashed it in.

In many cases a raincheck is just a euphemism for never or GTFO

 

[LesCanadiens]

Usually it's a cowardly way of saying "no." Chances are you're never going to be able to cash in that raincheque.

 

[Shylock]

I am unfamiliar with this terminology. But I recognise it to be yet another feminine trick to weasel out of stuff.

Thank god for the nets. Now I know this and can circumvent it by asking her upfront what's up.

 

[Captain2]

yeah I once got into a similar scenario....

asked this girl out for coffee, she was an old friend of mine and I was interested in talking to her because we haven't talked in four months or so, she said she wanted to but couldn't (cue flimsy excuse of needing to pick her brother up from work in three hours) and told me she'd take me up on it later

long story short, we still haven't met up and I've come to accept raincheques as more of a figurative term: soggy piece of paper.

means nothing and is generally unpleasant to have laying around, throw it out and move on, its better for you

 

[Abaddon]

A rain cheque was something you would be given if a game was cancelled so that you could go again free.

It has since evolved into cancelling an event. "Can i give you a rain check"

 

[Valka D'Ur]

A raincheck is also used by some stores when they have a sale on for a specified amount of time, but run out of an item. The customer can ask for a raincheck, which means the store will give the customer a voucher stating the customer can purchase the item for the sale price after they get more stock in. The raincheck usually expires within a week or two.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I am unfamiliar with this terminology. But I recognise it to be yet another feminine trick to weasel out of stuff.

Thank god for the nets. Now I know this and can circumvent it by asking her upfront what's up.

Men write rainchecks too. To other men. In a heterosexual way.

A raincheck is also used by some stores when they have a sale on for a specified amount of time, but run out of an item. The customer can ask for a raincheck, which means the store will give the customer a voucher stating the customer can purchase the item for the sale price after they get more stock in. The raincheck usually expires within a week or two.

You win the "way to read the OP" award.

 

[EvilConqueror]

is just a subversive way of saying "leave me alone?"

Depends on who the person is and the way they say it. Many times it's hard to tell.

 

[sourboy]

Rain check is just a postponement between friends -- just ask once in a while.

Rain check's by acquaintances or co-workers? Probably cop-outs, don't expect it to happen.

 

[Nylan]

Rain check is just a postponement between friends -- just ask once in a while.

Rain check's by acquaintances or co-workers? Probably cop-outs, don't expect it to happen.

This is essentially it. If you need to know if they're interested in hanging out/going out/w/e, remind them every once in a while that they "owe you one" if appropriate, ask occasionally about planning something otherwise. Sometimes they follow through, sometimes they don't. I've cashed in a few rainchecks, so its not impossible by any means.

 

[sysyphus]

If it means anything, I once asked a girl out again after being given a raincheque and we did indeed go on a date. A few dates actually.

 

[Ansar]

...raincheque...

I guess it is a Canadian thing...!

 

[LightFang]

A raincheck means: gtfo. Sorry Cheezy.

 

[Nylan]

A raincheck means: gtfo. Sorry Cheezy.

Hasty generalization. I've cashed in rainchecks, as have others. Just because you've only gotten the bad kind doesn't mean the genuine rainchecks don't exist.

 

[Ansar]

Yeah, I mean, sometimes the girl is actually busy.

 

[sysyphus]

I guess it is a Canadian thing...!

I always thought that cheque was universal and the use of check for a piece of paper to transact money, or am I wrong and the American spelling is different?

In any respect, cheque is not just Canadian, it's the international standard.

 

[Ansar]

I always thought that cheque was universal and the use of check for a piece of paper to transact money, or am I wrong and the American spelling is different?

In any respect, cheque is not just Canadian, it's the international standard.

Well, I use Cheque since that's the Spanish spelling too eek, but Americans seem to prefer Check over Cheque.

I think I'll start a thread on it!

 

[LightFang]

Hasty generalization. I've cashed in rainchecks, as have others. Just because you've only gotten the bad kind doesn't mean the genuine rainchecks don't exist.

No, I mean, if you say "Can I take a raincheck?" that usually means "gtfo." Whereas if the girl is actually busy, she'll probably say "I'm busy." or something along those lines.

At least, that's the way it is around here.

 

[Ansar]

At least, that's the way it is around here.

Yeah, but, who cares about California anyways?

(besides robo, anyways)