Taking Free Banking Too Far

[toasty]

OK, I'm in line at the bank to make a deposit this afternoon, and I get stuck behind this guy who has a variety of transactions he needs to perform. I wasn't eavesdropping, he was just loud, and I was able to determine that he did the following:

1. Exchanged some Canadian change for US dollars, around $2 and some change
2. Deposited that money into one account.
3. Withdrew $1.50 from a different account.

Might I also add that he performed these three transactions slowly.

I gotta say, if I had known that's what he was doing and how long he was going to take when he started, I would have paid him $5 to get the hell out of my way so I could get on with my day. I'm not even pissed that he put money into one account and withdrew a similar amount from another -- people keep separate accounts for different reasons, and I've done that before myself -- but to actually go to the trouble of going to the bank to perform a series of transactions that netted you around 75 cents, it just doesn't make a bit of sense.

I guess financial planning needs to exist at all levels but come on dude, ever think about just carrying a change purse or something?

[Miguel]

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age of the guy ?

[toasty]

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age of the guy ?

Late 40's?

[Miguel]

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you ave to be too bored to go and do stuff like that

[Jenks]

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i have not been inside a bank in ages. drive through, yes. online, yes. actually inside? didn't know that option still existed. lol.

[toasty]

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^^seems crazy, I know. Just happens that my bank is next door to my office, so it's sometimes faster to just walk in than to use the ATM. Wasn't today, tho...

[ddr]

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i have not been inside a bank in ages. drive through, yes. online, yes. actually inside? didn't know that option still existed. lol.

haha same here jenks.

imo, if you have jack offs like that at your bank... time to switch.

[Huggie Smiles]

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I think he was deciding whether to rob the bank or not. He was probably going through all the pro's and cons in his head while doing each transaction very slowly!
You prolly just missed a firarms showdown

[shosh]

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just because his transaction was x times smaller than yours doesnt mean he doesnt have the same rights as you do, you pompous prick.


/sarcasm

in all honesty that guy was probably retarded.

[lilsensa]

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That reminds me of a grocery store visit i made last weekend..This guy was shaking up change in his hand while weighing every apple in the tub to figure out which one he could afford with his change....Fucking prick, I just wanted to weigh some oranges!!!

[liquidsky]

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you ave to be too bored to go and do stuff like that

or on meth...

[AntonyM]

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Some people need places to waste their time.

[nbpgt]

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OK, I'm in line at the bank to make a deposit this afternoon, and I get stuck behind this guy who has a variety of transactions he needs to perform. I wasn't eavesdropping, he was just loud, and I was able to determine that he did the following:

1. Exchanged some Canadian change for US dollars, around $2 and some change
2. Deposited that money into one account.
3. Withdrew $1.50 from a different account.

Might I also add that he performed these three transactions slowly.

I gotta say, if I had known that's what he was doing and how long he was going to take when he started, I would have paid him $5 to get the hell out of my way so I could get on with my day. I'm not even pissed that he put money into one account and withdrew a similar amount from another -- people keep separate accounts for different reasons, and I've done that before myself -- but to actually go to the trouble of going to the bank to perform a series of transactions that netted you around 75 cents, it just doesn't make a bit of sense.

I guess financial planning needs to exist at all levels but come on dude, ever think about just carrying a change purse or something?

similar deal for me. i was returning something @ hope depot. i was already about 4or 5 deep in line. i get close to the counter & the lady in front of me has some xmas decorations. a bunch of assorted stuff she got off a clearence table some months before (it was summer). she didnt have a receipt & admitted she didnt even buy the stuff @ the location we were in. managers were called & all that jazz. after several minutes of the theatrics, i actually offered the lady 2 dollars to "buy" the shit in her bag, so i can get on with my business & get the fuck outta ther. the reaction she gave me, you woulda though i called her the capital c word. in the end, i think the manager told her, sorry cant do anyhting for you. fuckin dumb bitch.

[nick007]

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Every 5 years we have to renew our drivers licence in SA, on Monday stood for 6 hours in a queue to do it. f'ing crazy!

The only good thing about it was I got to know the people in front and back of me - told each other our whole life stories by the end

[Steve Graham]

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^^^you cant do that on the web in SA?