When will some business places learn about accepting or not accepting cheques

I am constantly amazed at the different systems some business places seek to put in place for the acceptance of cheques. The latest fiasco has been at gas stations.

Poor attendants!!!It appears they were told at a meeting not to accept cheques unless authorised to do so...fine...but please Mr. Manager you have to put a system in place.

At a gas station on highway 2 a...stickers were being given to customers whose cheques will be accepted. Of course the stickers ran out and customers were told that would not be a problem...

But when customers turned up at the pump and a less than friendly person ask: "Wha you paying wid..cash, cheque or credit cart?" and the customer says "cheque thank you". The gas attendant says.."hole on a minute ". Then he comes back and says the supervisor says "I cannot take your cheque" This has taken about 5 minutes already.

So the customer smiles and in her best voice she says" and why not"..the attendant says" don't ask me ask the supervisor". Well by now , the customer hair is standing straight. However she gets out of the car and goes to speak to the supervisor. To make a long story short, the supervisor says that the manager sent out a memo saying not to take cheques unless they are authorised.
The customer says well how do you go about finding out whether your cheque is authorised. Believe it or not the supervisor says.."I dont' know". Well the customer just pranced out the building and left the gas station.
Come on guys..Surely we can do better than this. I have heard of other gas stations asking you to fill in a form that has on your bank manager's name, your bank account number, etc etc.
Not to mention the supermarkets who ask you for ID even though the cheque is a company cheque.
I know that many businesses are ending up with RUBBER CHEQUES, but guys you make the decision to take or not to take....no matter how much ID and authorization you think you have, the cheque will still bounce and you will still have to go through the tedious process of trying to recover your money...It is something that goes with the territory so deal with it