What are the Job Requirements for Being a Bank Cashier?

[limey]

Originally Posted by Sundae

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Also, it takes 5 working days for a check to clear into my account. Even Government cheques ie from HM Tax Office! ...

In the days before electronification of all transactions it used to take three business days for a cheque to clear.

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

This I don't get. With instant electronic everything they should be able to see cleared checks right away. I think it's a ploy by banks to eke a little more interest off the money.

I know it's a ploy by banks to use our money to make even more profit for themselves .

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by wolf

Petite, female, fake nails, working to earn the money for fake boobs, under 30, quick to do the hair flip to flirt with conventionally attractive male customers, painfully slow at doing anything else.

NOTHING like our bank staff! They are invariably in their 40s, with rather jolly faces and friendly attitudes and stuffed into unflattering "smart" uniforms. Which were designed by someone who had a crush on an air hostess but had never seen a woman over 140lbs sitting down before.

Originally Posted by limey

In the days before electronification of all transactions it used to take three business days for a cheque to clear.

I know it's a ploy by banks to use our money to make even more profit for themselves .

True. Completely. And they figure that those of us at the poor end of the scale won't earn them any interest, so they hit us with the highest charges and most punitive schedules.