Hi, I tried that once. Walked into a bank and said 'Gimme a sackful of cash and no hassle'. Now my CV's got a 15-year hole in it, but I can sure as hell sew sacks...<g>
--- Bob Dillinger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, March 16, 2002, 10:10:09 PM, you wrote: > The bank I use is a local, family-owned bank. That's what makes it such > a pleasure. It's not one of the big banks. Until recently they only > had about five or six branches, but they've expanded as the communities > they serve grew. Nonetheless, it's always service with a smile, and I > can walk into any branch in my local area and be recognized and treated > like a person, rather than a cipher. > I grew up living across the street from the owner and president of our > local bank. I recall my mom telling me to "Walk up to the bank and ask > Sidney to give you $XXXX." I'd go up to the bank, and Sidney would see > to it that I'd get a sack full of cash ... no paper work, no forms to > sign, no hassle. Naturally, I look for that type of service where I do > my banking today. > Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> Shel said: >> Shel, the suggestion you and JoMac make is good. But at least for now I'll >> stick with the checks and occasional inconvenience rather than go to another >> back with freer use of debit cards. The deciding factor for me is that I >> strongly prefer a small local bank (owned by someone I know), rather than >> one of the mega-banks that is so busy dreaming up new ways to confuse the >> customer that they can't be bothered to actually deal with the customer. The >> disadvantage for the small bank is that they can't afford to provide the >> same services that the large ones do without some service charges, as they >> have to pay the larger ones to do processing work for them. My gripe is that >> the charge seems designed to provide an additional profit center. The owner >> may be a friend, but I don't agree with his business conduct in this case. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
