Comments on: Confessions of a Former Bank Teller

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:16:18 +0000

Loving this blog!! This is my everyday.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:03:51 +0000

Why do you need to see my idea………I have been banking here 20 years!!! Oh really and I have been working here twenty minutes!!!

Can I please have this back in all $20 because stores won’t take anything larger…………wwwwhhhhaaaattt……..since when…..I am sure they are going to take your money in whatever form you give it to them!!! Just say that you are personally scared of larger bills and I will be ok with that!!!

Please don’t send in 20 transactions in the drive-thru!!!
Please don’t tell me how to count money or do my JOB!!!

When you come to the drive-thru please be prepared…..don’t ask me a deposit slip, a pen, ………..oh I messed up …….I need another deposit slip……..have your checks endorsed!!!

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:50:05 +0000

HAHAHA! Love this!

ADD:

Your sam’s club card is not a valid ID; neither is your school id or work badge. Sorry.

When I say, “Hi, how are you today?” The correct response is something like; “I’m fine and yourself?” Not: “Gimmie a deposit slip.”

Just because it is called a Cashier’s Check does not make it cash; its still a check and will be processed as such. And yes, I reserve the right to place it on hold.

NO- The customer is not always right. In fact, 95% of you are wrong.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:17:46 +0000

Totally agree with #3, 4 and 11!

And to add, customers that dangle over my wicket (unfortunately we’re not protected by glass here in Canada) and give me a few inches of breathing space—fine with friends I know but not with strangers! And worse, are the ones that turn my computer screen without even asking!

By: Teri Ren

Teri Ren — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:47:12 +0000

It’s all so true. I’d like to add the bit about the jackass manager who constantly hounds you about getting more referrals.

My favorite is when they asked us to complete a worksheet entitled “My Sphere of Influence”, which had different sections for your family and friends, etc.

Then they made us call everyone on the sheet and offer them a checking account.

By: J

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:52:04 +0000

You really nailed it! I feel like this every single day at work. People just don’t understand how annoying they are to tellers!

By: Zachary

Zachary — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:00:55 +0000

I’m torn between being naturally social and disliking people more each day! What a hilarious mind-rant.

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By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:33:42 +0000

Oh My Gawd! I wish I had thought of writing this - you have captured the living hell that is being a bank teller perfectly.

The only thing you forgot: the extremely overweight armored car driver that asks about your boyfriend every time he comes in, just in case you’re no longer seeing anyone.

Thanks for the laugh.

By: financegirl

financegirl — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:35 +0000

Oh, yes, Nivek. There was a lady that worked at our bank that all the customers knew. Whenever I’d ask for their ID, they’d exclaim, “Well, Patsy knows me!,” and Patsy would verify that she did indeed know them. Patsy was interrupted so often that the manager had to make a rule against this.

And my personal favorite: “Well, YOU’RE the one who’s new here!”