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It is not just our governments....
I went to Chase bank on Friday. All I wanted to do was cash a payroll check written on a commercial account. When I got to the counter the pretty woman behind the counter with a name tag that said Karen seemed preoccupied by the last transaction and still typing on the computer (after asking me to step to the window). I waited until she finished and asked to help me. I gave her the signed check and with a funny look she asked if I wanted to cash it.The funny look should have been the first red flag sent up that I should step back in the line and wait for someone else to help.
Yet I said yes .A pause and she asked if I had an account. I did not so it required a fingerprint. I printed my right thumb on the check handing the check and my ID to her. She rolls her eyes at me and say "I NEED your INDEX finger not your THUMB". For 5 yrs I have cashed my check using my right thumb, but I did not complain just put a second print on the check.
She looks at the check and says that she has to have it verified because it looked "different" I am not sure what looked different but it took nearly 5 minutes to get a manager to verify it.
I assumed they were calling the cops in case I had forged a check. The manager comes up one glance at the check says to cash it like a "regular" check. He walks off and the girl types on the puter. Then she looks at me as if I had done something wrong and says that it still won't go in. Since it was the first time I saw her touch the computer since I walked up I did not know what she meant by STILL. I am frustrated by the time wasted standing there in the first place but trying to stay calm (but let's face it god only gave me a certain time limit on how long I can be good).
She calls the manager back over there and asked him for help. He apologized and typed a seemingly endless numerical sequence. He looks up and says "HMMmmmm, that is strange." Mr. Eddins I am going to have to see another form of picture ID. Your social security card or something similar." (at this time I was at the end of the time limit that was allotted to me for being nice). "You have got to be kidding me. You want my social security card as well?"
The response to this was "NO sir it needs to be a picture ID."
I don't know a lot of people who carry more than one form of picture ID. Still thinking that there was a chance that this is almost done with I pull out my wallet and hand him my concealed handgun permit.
Anyone who has ever stepped to the counter at a bank can realize that it would be difficult for anyone to reach across the counter to touch the teller, yet the manager steps back as if I am going to assault him.
"Mr. Eddins it is a crime to carry a weapon in a bank. I am going to have to ask you for another form of picture ID"
I was shocked that he said this as I looked around at 3 people at the counter who were now stepping back looking for an armed bank robber.
"I am aware of that and all I want to do is cash my check and go." I was not carrying and could not believe that the manager would alarm the customers in the bank.
A glance at the security guard told me that he was poised by the exit and waiting for me to do something.
I told the manager "If it is going to be that big of a deal then give me the check and I will take directly to my bank on Saturday. The only reason I came here was because I couldn't make it to my bank before they closed"
"It is not a problem but I need another picture ID this one is NOT acceptable."
"I gave you 2 state issued ID's. What are you looking for. The only other picture I have is my Christmas picture with my kids. You have all but accused me of trying to rob you of the money that I have earned. If it is going to be a problem give me the check and I will go."
Another look at the security guard and the doors are closed and he is at the start of the red ribbon line trying to look intimidating.
"This is not a state issued ID"
At this point a third person comes to the computer and thank god they had a bit of since. The woman looks puzzled at the two and says "Julian, the only way to get a concealed carry permit is through the state. Karen did not log in properly that is why you got that error.... it was YOUR password it was looking for not his ID"
I held my tongue and did not shout the profanities that were coming to mind as she was counting the money out and apologizing. Julian and Karen slowly sank into the background as Vivian (my savior) cashed my check and mumbled uner her breath about idiots from Wa-MU. It seems Chase bank and Washington Mutual have merged and have a different style of dealing with customers. Still not an excuse by any means.
It is not just our governments....
I went to Chase bank on Friday. All I wanted to do was cash a payroll check written on a commercial account. When I got to the counter the pretty woman behind the counter with a name tag that said Karen seemed preoccupied by the last transaction and still typing on the computer (after asking me to step to the window). I waited until she finished and asked to help me. I gave her the signed check and with a funny look she asked if I wanted to cash it.The funny look should have been the first red flag sent up that I should step back in the line and wait for someone else to help.
Yet I said yes .A pause and she asked if I had an account. I did not so it required a fingerprint. I printed my right thumb on the check handing the check and my ID to her. She rolls her eyes at me and say "I NEED your INDEX finger not your THUMB". For 5 yrs I have cashed my check using my right thumb, but I did not complain just put a second print on the check.
She looks at the check and says that she has to have it verified because it looked "different" I am not sure what looked different but it took nearly 5 minutes to get a manager to verify it.
I assumed they were calling the cops in case I had forged a check. The manager comes up one glance at the check says to cash it like a "regular" check. He walks off and the girl types on the puter. Then she looks at me as if I had done something wrong and says that it still won't go in. Since it was the first time I saw her touch the computer since I walked up I did not know what she meant by STILL. I am frustrated by the time wasted standing there in the first place but trying to stay calm (but let's face it god only gave me a certain time limit on how long I can be good).
She calls the manager back over there and asked him for help. He apologized and typed a seemingly endless numerical sequence. He looks up and says "HMMmmmm, that is strange." Mr. Eddins I am going to have to see another form of picture ID. Your social security card or something similar." (at this time I was at the end of the time limit that was allotted to me for being nice). "You have got to be kidding me. You want my social security card as well?"
The response to this was "NO sir it needs to be a picture ID."
I don't know a lot of people who carry more than one form of picture ID. Still thinking that there was a chance that this is almost done with I pull out my wallet and hand him my concealed handgun permit.
Anyone who has ever stepped to the counter at a bank can realize that it would be difficult for anyone to reach across the counter to touch the teller, yet the manager steps back as if I am going to assault him.
"Mr. Eddins it is a crime to carry a weapon in a bank. I am going to have to ask you for another form of picture ID"
I was shocked that he said this as I looked around at 3 people at the counter who were now stepping back looking for an armed bank robber.
"I am aware of that and all I want to do is cash my check and go." I was not carrying and could not believe that the manager would alarm the customers in the bank.
A glance at the security guard told me that he was poised by the exit and waiting for me to do something.
I told the manager "If it is going to be that big of a deal then give me the check and I will take directly to my bank on Saturday. The only reason I came here was because I couldn't make it to my bank before they closed"
"It is not a problem but I need another picture ID this one is NOT acceptable."
"I gave you 2 state issued ID's. What are you looking for. The only other picture I have is my Christmas picture with my kids. You have all but accused me of trying to rob you of the money that I have earned. If it is going to be a problem give me the check and I will go."
Another look at the security guard and the doors are closed and he is at the start of the red ribbon line trying to look intimidating.
"This is not a state issued ID"
At this point a third person comes to the computer and thank god they had a bit of since. The woman looks puzzled at the two and says "Julian, the only way to get a concealed carry permit is through the state. Karen did not log in properly that is why you got that error.... it was YOUR password it was looking for not his ID"
I held my tongue and did not shout the profanities that were coming to mind as she was counting the money out and apologizing. Julian and Karen slowly sank into the background as Vivian (my savior) cashed my check and mumbled uner her breath about idiots from Wa-MU. It seems Chase bank and Washington Mutual have merged and have a different style of dealing with customers. Still not an excuse by any means.
