Polite bank staff?
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Gamblers do.........0
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Gamblers can use credit cards...
Not that they should
Oddly I can't convince a friend to switch from betting on horses to holding shares, he thinks the shares are more risky lol (certainly not!)0 -
MatthewAinsworth wrote: »Who needs cash nowadays?
Me, thanks for offering.0 -
MatthewAinsworth wrote: »Gamblers can use credit cards...
Not that they should
Debit cards surely?0 -
''And its people like them that slow the cashier branch closures.
Be careful what you wish for.''
In my experience busy counters do not slow down branch closures. I have known many busy counter branches which have since closed.
For a bank counter transactions are more costly to process than machine based ones. The transactions that make money for bank branches are such things as personal loans, overdrafts, credit cards, mortgages not counter transactions,
Everyday transactions can be done easily by machine, online banking, mobile banking and telephone banking. No need to use a branch counter.0 -
oldagetraveller wrote: »And don't whinge and moan when the branch has been closed because everybody is using the machines, as directed, instead of the counter staff, making them superfluous to requirements.:)
Oh please be realistic, your one man crusade won't make a difference, the world is going more automated like it or not. Remember the Luddites?
Folk still buy candles - yet we have electic lights
Folk buy newspapers (WHY?) - yet we have TV/Internet
Folk go to the cinema - yet we have home entertainment
There are less staff in banks now than there were 10/20/30 yrs ago. The same arguement was thrown when ATMs were introduced.
Like it or not it will happen, the high street bank as we know it today will be somewhat different in 5 - 10yrs time.
And to go back to the OP, staff are trying to help. And those who do help do not choose how the company is being run. They make do with what they have.0 -
Thanks for my replies. I know all the banks in Glastonbury closed down. I wish all the banks to stay in my local town. I will try out the banking machine at Halifax. I could also transfer the money on-line from TSB.0
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Just think, if there are no branches left, then there won't be any future Howard Brown's and Thomas's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVGvWGyh7wg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX_XaLmCIS0
I guess we'll just have to make do with Cartoon Cats and Customers from now onThank you all for helping me make my day by saving money!0 -
Just thought I'd butt in as I work in a bank behind the counter/in the banking hall and unfortunately whilst I can't find an excuse if the staff speak to you rudely it's not our choice to ask, 'walking the queue' to see who we can get to use the machines is part of our job. To be fair I couldn't care less whether a customer uses the machine or sees me at the counter I'm being paid to be there regardless, and by the time counter staff are ruled out I hope not to be one! But all banks are going for 'digital' these days we are told we have to encourage every customer who can use the machines to do so and to teach those who can't so I don't really think it matters who you bank with they will all be counterless eventually!0
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bluesgirlvicki wrote: »Just thought I'd butt in as I work in a bank behind the counter/in the banking hall and unfortunately whilst I can't find an excuse if the staff speak to you rudely it's not our choice to ask, 'walking the queue' to see who we can get to use the machines is part of our job. To be fair I couldn't care less whether a customer uses the machine or sees me at the counter I'm being paid to be there regardless, and by the time counter staff are ruled out I hope not to be one! But all banks are going for 'digital' these days we are told we have to encourage every customer who can use the machines to do so and to teach those who can't so I don't really think it matters who you bank with they will all be counterless eventually!
I was in a branch of Santander recently and a very helpful member of staff took me through the procedure of lodging a cheque in one of their new-style machines. I was intending to lodge the cheque at the counter, but this particular branch seems to have done away with teller counters. I have to say that the machine was very easy to use but it was nevertheless great to be shown what to do by such a charming assistant.0
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