December 7, 2025 at 1:35 pm

Walmart Bank Customer Was Told They Couldn’t Cash A Check Written To Themself, So They Wrote It Out To The Friend They Were With Instead

by Matthew Gilligan

man holding a check

Shutterstock/Reddit

Now, this is funny!

And I think you’re gonna agree with me after you dig in to this story from Reddit’s “Malicious Compliance” page!

Read on and check out what happened.

Cashing a check at Walmart.

“My friend needed to pull money out of his account, we went to Walmart to get a personal check cashed.

The lady at the service desk told us that he couldn’t cash a personal check written by himself.

We were about to leave, then I said “She said you couldn’t cash a check written by yourself, can I cash the check if you write it out to me?”

How about this?

So we went back and asked her if I could cash a check written by him.

She looked defeated said yes and let me cash the check.”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person weighed in.

Screenshot 2025 12 04 at 4.48.01 PM Walmart Bank Customer Was Told They Couldnt Cash A Check Written To Themself, So They Wrote It Out To The Friend They Were With Instead

Another individual had a lot to say.

Screenshot 2025 12 04 at 4.48.15 PM Walmart Bank Customer Was Told They Couldnt Cash A Check Written To Themself, So They Wrote It Out To The Friend They Were With Instead

And this reader spoke up.

Screenshot 2025 12 04 at 4.48.36 PM Walmart Bank Customer Was Told They Couldnt Cash A Check Written To Themself, So They Wrote It Out To The Friend They Were With Instead

Malicious compliance never sounded so good!

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