Almost every person I know has some quip or the other about banks. Ever notice that at the counters there are more clerks taking people's money than dishing it out? Today I decided to pop down and go cash in my expenses check, simply because I wasn't aware that I could just deposit the check straight away into my account with my own bank. Anyhoo, arrive at said bank only to find that there is one teller open, and there are like 35 people waiting in two lines. So pop in my earphones and listen to sweet sweet music and wait patiently in line. Arrive at the counter, cash in my check, and was out in a flash.

My ass.

Here's what really happened. Got in line only to realize that the woman in front of me had conveniently decided to bring her hyperactive 5 year old along. The damn kid was swing around her with his arms stretched out, missing my crotch by a few inches several times. Not to mention her pathetic attempts to keep him entertained, which involved playing peek-a-boo with her dupata. After enduring this bloody torment, finally reach the counter and the idiot says that the "system is not working, you will have to come back later". You lameass, that's the excuse I use when things break down at my office. Twenty minutes in that damn queue and now he tells me this. If you ask me, you're what's wrong with the damn system. Also, I think that we should have separate queues to speed things along if divided as follows:

- brainless mother and hyper child
- men who think wearing a white nightgown entitles them to jump the queue
- woman who pleads "I will just take two minutes" before its your turn, then proceeds to bring out the whole bank staff

Finally I was so fed up, I just crossed the road to my bank, inquired at customer service, and had deposited the check in 10 minutes flat. Plus, I did it through a machine - no incompetent tellers involved.

NB: No tellers were harmed for this blog post. However, some were bruised or may suffer first degree burns.

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