I ran into a problem recently cashing checks from Canadian banks. I do my banking at a credit union and have been there for over 9 years. Still, the woman there swears up and down that it's "credit union policy" to MAIL the damned check to Canada for some ridiculous reason. My end of it? A 5- to 10-day hold on funds and a $5 fee.
When this little scenario came up again the other day, I just looked at her and said, "Yanno, this is 2002, and I thought Canada was the good guys. The check clearly states in two different spots that it is US funds, yet you are STILL determined to make me jump through these hoops and wait 10 days for money that is mine? Haven't you ever heard of a computer? modem? telephone, for Christ's sake?"
She just kinda looked at me for a minute with this baffled look on her face, as if she had no idea WTF I was talking about, and replied, "Do you want me to call you when the funds are deposited?"
Never wanted to smack anybody so bad in my life
