A bunch of useless crap
Published on May 13, 2006 By MasonM In Blogging
By the time I got back into the yard yesterday and picked up my paycheck the bank was already closed so I couldn't go cash the check. I decided to just get a room for the night and cash it this morning before heading out on my next trip.

When I got up this morning I wandered to the lobby and got myself a cup of coffee and since the bank is right next door I decided to walk over and see what time they open this morning. As I looked at the sign whcih displayed their hours I had to do a double take because I was sure I had misread it the first time.

Nope, there it was plain as day "Saturday.....Closed". Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

In this day and age what bank doesn't have Saturday hours???????

So now, while I have a piece of paper worth a couple grand, I have no way to convert that piece of paper into spendable cash. This is absurd. Now I'll have to wait until I return again before I can cash my paycheck. Since I'm going to the Carolinas on this trip that means I won't actually get my money until the end of the week at best.

This really annoys me because I'll have to take a cash advance from the office for living expenses this week and I don't like doing that because it cuts into the paycheck at the end of the run. It also means I can't pay off my laptop for another week and I was looking forward to getting it paid off right away.

In this day of heavy competition between banks, I can't even imagine a bank that doesn't have Saturday hours for their customers. It boggles the mind.

Comments
on May 13, 2006
Ahhh, I'm saved! I pulled up that bank's web page and found that it's just this branch next to the hotel that's closed on Saturday. They have another branch a few miles from here that's open on Saturday mornings. Yay!
on May 13, 2006
There are a lot fewer banks today than there use to be.  I remember my banks being bought out, oh, about 6 times now (I like the small ones).  So it is actually getting less competitive.
on May 13, 2006
Yeah, I've long suspected that if you tracked the money far enough you'd likely find only a couple of people running all the banks. Perhaps you're right about the competition part, but they sure make a good show of making it look that way.