Warning! The upcoming rant is a direct result of working with the public five days a week for over eight hours a day...
Someday I'll have enough disposable income to quit my day job and stay home to write. Until then, I work at a bank as a teller. It's not an overly difficult job. For the most part I enjoy what I do, but there are days when every idiot in creation walks through our double glass doors. Let me tell you, stupid people, we talk about you the second you're ass disappears from the building. We laugh, complain and generally degrade everything about you for a few minutes and then never think about you again. You know who you are. Come on, you have to know who you are. No? Here's a few clues in the form of my greatest customer pet peeves:
- No, I don't know everyone in the world or even everyone who has ever entered my bank. If I don't know your favorite color or you mama's name then I don't know you well enough.
- If you won't trust me enough to hand over your ID, why in the f@#* are you handing me your money?
- Yes, everyone has to abide by the policies set forth by the bank. You're really not as special as you think you are.
- The "Wait Here" sign isn't just witty decoration. It has meaning and the customer I'm currently helping doesn't want you breathing down his/her neck as I count out the thousands of dollars he/she asked for.
- You have a negative balance? Oh, sure. Let me just give you more money to go spend foolishly.
- Checking the ATM every hour on the hour isn't the same as actually balancing your checkbook. If items process in an order differently than you did them, that doesn't mean the bank is responsible for you being an idiot and spending more than you make.
- Math is your friend. If not, use cash.
All right, end of rant. You can all now go back to your regularly scheduled programs.
Are you sure you're not talking about my job? This all sounds oddly familiar! lol
ReplyDeleteI'm a cashier supervisor at a store and used to work for a finance company, so I know where you're coming from!
I think anyone who has ever worked customer service understands. Some days it's just not worth it to unlock the doors ;P
ReplyDeleteLOL! I always have a negative balance when I go into the bank! At any given time, I have less than 20 bucks in my account! But tis the life of a poor, wretched college student, methinks.
ReplyDeleteThe bank people are really nice to me though, at least to my face. I think they're all sorry for me, LOL! They have this pitying look on their faces whenever I come in to put money in my overdrawn account. I once deposited $2 just so I wouldn't go over from my car insurance payments. *sigh* :D
Lol! Don't worry, we only make fun of the assholes that are rude to us. We've all been there (and sometimes still go there) with pennies in our accounts until payday.
ReplyDeleteThe ones that make me mad are the people who refuse to take responsibility for their own spending habits. If you're negative, fine. But don't yell at me because of it.