Okay, so I needed quarters to do laundry this weekend. I took $20 to the bank downstairs and asked for $20 worth of quarters.
The woman (and this was not some 18 year-old child, born into the computer era) actually added my money - a ten, a five, and five ones - up on a calculator to see how much it totalled.
Our society is so doomed.
posted by AnneZook on 09.15.06 at 03:59 PMProbably just habit. The tellers I've seen are pretty rigorously trained in double-check procedures. If she used a calculator to figure out how many quarters to give you back, though, then I'm scared.
posted by: Jonathan Dresner on 09.15.06 at 04:17 PM [permalink]I had a similiar experience. She kept recounting my money trying to make sure it was correct. Thinking she was new, I glanced at her name tag to see if it said something about her being in training. Her name was neatly printed right under the label "Head Teller."
posted by: L-i-K-S on 09.16.06 at 09:57 AM [permalink]I'm just saying. It was only twenty bucks. It's not like I handed her an envelope full of change and $12 in foreign bills. Sheesh.
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