Banks what are they preparing for?

[2manyrocks]

I would guess that being a c-store clerk is about the highest robbery risk, but there's a reason all those eating places have cameras and height stickers on the exit doors.

[Western]

In Houston, if you want anything from a convenience store you better get it before they lock the doors, then its the little exterior tray routine. Sucks when you worked all night and need some coffee at 3am, not happening.

I guess they are getting tired of seeing themselves on Worlds Dumbest Criminals.

[sld]

The biggest annoyance at some of the Kansas banks is the one person only doors. You have to wait for the green light to open the first of 2 doors, step inside, and wait for the green light on the second door. At the same time you are passing thru a metal detector.

It takes my wife, me and my kid what seems like 10 minutes just to get in.

I refuse to go anymore.

[jinman]

Last Friday, I drove from Texas up to Norman, Ok to look at a used tractor advertised on craigslist. I wanted to have cash in hand to buy the tractor if I liked it, so I went to a local Bank of America branch in Norman. I had never been in that bank in my life. They had only two teller windows at each end of a counter, completly open, and the drive-thru tellers were in the open behind the main teller windows. A very nice gent took my check for cash and had me swipe my debit card and enter my PIN as positive ID. He asked me what denomination of bills I wanted and I told him I prefered to have small bills. He patiently counted out each bill: $2,000 dollars in 20s (4 packs of 25 bills) and $250 in 50s. I left that bank very happy to be a B of A customer as I have been for over 25 years.

Not every bank has become sterile and a bulletproof bunker. However, if a bank has a reason to do all those things with the bulletproof glass, it's still better than closing up and going somewhere else. I don't think it says so much about the banks as it does about the folks who may be walking through the front doors of banks. One bank robber takes a lot more away from a bank than the money in a bag. He takes confidence and trust.

[charlz]

Originally Posted by jinman

Last Friday, I drove from Texas up to Norman, Ok to look at a used tractor advertised on craigslist. I wanted to have cash in hand to buy the tractor if I liked it, so I went to a local Bank of America branch in Norman. I had never been in that bank in my life. They had only two teller windows at each end of a counter, completly open, and the drive-thru tellers were in the open behind the main teller windows. A very nice gent took my check for cash and had me swipe my debit card and enter my PIN as positive ID. He asked me what denomination of bills I wanted and I told him I prefered to have small bills. He patiently counted out each bill: $2,000 dollars in 20s (4 packs of 25 bills) and $250 in 50s. I left that bank very happy to be a B of A customer as I have been for over 25 years.

Reminds me of when I went to buy my tractor. The price was $7500 and the guy had told me either cash or cashiers check would be acceptable but I like to deal in cash. Stopped off at the credit union and they didn't want to give it to me! Kept telling it me it was a lot of cash to carry, I'd be better off with a cashiers check blah blah blah. They actually didn't have that much cash in their drawers and had to do a 'withdrawal' from some kind of automated cash dispenser... a system I am assuming keeps the amounts down when they get robbed as it took forever to get anything out of it, required the manager etc etc. I was driving 125 miles one way, renting a trailer etc. so I didn't want to take any chances that he might change his mind on the check. Sure enough I get up there and he is all kinds of relieved that I didn't bring a check