Bank teller implied I was a coke dealer

rypt said:
I love it when you are withdrawing a substantial amount of money, and the bank staff ask you "what is it for" ... my reply has always been "drugs ... and make some hookers, but mainly drugs".

Nosey gits.
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Last time, I replied "That's my business, it's my money and I'll spend it as I see fit."
 
reefoid said:
I think I'd rather someone thought I was a coke dealer than this. The shame.
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Everyone on here has seen photos of me, I can assure I look nothing like a member of boyzown(sp?) :) About 4 years ago, I was on a night out and walked across the road with my hair blowing everywhere, I was greeted by an absolutely hammered girl wanting cuddles and asking if I was in boyzown(because of my blonde hair presumably) :o I thought I'd use it as a cringey attempt at humour here! :p
 
shifty_uk said:
Everyone on here has seen photos of me, I can assure I look nothing like a member of boyzown(sp?) :) About 4 years ago, I was on a night out and walked across the road with my hair blowing everywhere, I was greeted by an absolutely hammered girl wanting cuddles and asking if I was in boyzown(because of my blonde hair presumably) :o I thought I'd use it as a cringey attempt at humour here! :p
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Is "Boyzown" some kind of "Boyzone" cover group?
 
Pretty rude to be honest, whether he was trying to score or just pretty poor at the bank's anti money laundering tactics.

Some bank tellers can be quite blunt/nosey with the money laundering stuff. In the last year I've paid a few hefty cheques into my accounts and they always say something along the lines of "that's a lot of money". I suppose they expect an explanation as a response, like my grandparents just died and it's inheritance. I've just either said "yes, it is" or nothing.
 
Bank workers are told to look out for suspected money laundering. They are allowed to question those who deposit a significant amount of money where the money is from, although the way this person handled it probably wasn’t the best way.
 
Should have said 'yes, now I know where you work'.

But seriously, I would find that fairly insulting... as I'm not a drug dealer, of course :p

Just move banks.
 
Out of curiosity what bank was it? Halifax usually have excellent customer service, even from the dreary folk that work the tills but whenever I stick a considerably large sum of money into my account they turn narky!
 
You'd think banks don't want your money sometimes, just because someone is paid more than minimum wage doesn't mean they should be questioned every time they make deposits.
 
I'd like to know the branch size - when i was a cashier i would put 50k + through my till a day but that's a city centre branch.

Edit: Therefore 5k+ would be norm but some branches don't get that a day maybe that determined his reaction
 
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