Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Characters...
As you can imagine, we get many interesting characters into the bank...Most people are what you and I would deem as "normal" but on occasion we get some more "interesting" people...they fascinate me. Sometimes, they annoy me, but they also fascinate me.
There is one lady, who now makes me cringe with fear every time she comes in. My very first encounter with her involved her having overdrawn her account something absurd like $300...blaming her boss...and then screaming, literally, at me "not to say so loudly that her account is negative!!!!!!!!!!!!". Well, I'm pretty sure after that everyone knew...However, since then, she has become pretty much my bff. Every time she comes in and she is very pleasant and chats with me as if we've been best friends our entire lives. Today, she told me all about her lunch. Yes, she had a sub sandwhich...from Jersey Mikes....with pickles...and now she's so full that she feels pregnant...and "sunshiney", her word not mine.
Who else? There is a customer that we allll know that is a substitute teacher. Everytime he comes in he talks about OBAMALAMA. Ok, Obama. He's a staunch democrat (as most teachers, sorry to generalize, but...are). He gets so carried away talking that he forget to fill out his withdrawal slip and you have to practically grab his hand to get him to sign it. He also loves to talk about random things he has read in the news lately. Today, he taught me about how long it would be possible to travel to the planet that apparently has oxygen. He has a plan. However, it involves being able to 1). Have Oxygen, 2) Grow Food 3). Make Water and 4). Procreate - in the space shuttle for a few generations until we make it to the planet...yowza. I'm not gonna lie to you, when I came to work this morning I did not anticipate conversing with a customer about drinking out own urine. Nope...didn't expect it.
Who else?
There is the guy who asked me to star in his film - wait, adult film.
There is the guy who perpetually smells like ketchup. He also likes to check out his behind in the security cameras and say "oh my god, my is my ass really that big?" That is an awkward one.
There's a lady who is pretty much consistently upset about some detail or another. One of her biggest annoyances is that "no one at the bank knows her anymore, and they're always hiring these new kids who don't know anything." For the past 6 months I have been one of "these kids". However, the last two times she has come in I've called her by name and now suddenly, she seems to have forgiven me of my shortcoming of being a "kid who doesn't know anything" and now complains to me ABOUT "these kids". Well...there aren't any new tellers...I really don't know what she's talking about, but oh well...
There's a guy who looks like a ninja turtle. He drives a green truck, that doesn't help. In my head he's turtle man.
There is a man who referrs to himself as "mean and ornery". Is that how you spell ornery? Even his wife calls him that....I don't even know his name.
There is a young asian gangster who tells me about how wasted he gets on the weekends. He's always surprised when I call him by name, even though he comes in everyday. At least 3 times he's said to me "you remember my name?!?!?"
There is a man who comes in and speaks to me in Spanish...he's not a native Speaker by any means...but it's fun to speak to him. The other day I fascinated him by teaching him some colloquial sayings from Venezuela. He even made me write them down on his receipt so he could remember later. He's also the guy who makes me pinky swear and taught me the rule of 72.
Ok, there are a ton more but they aren't coming to mind right now. I'm sure I'll follow up with more soon.....
There is one lady, who now makes me cringe with fear every time she comes in. My very first encounter with her involved her having overdrawn her account something absurd like $300...blaming her boss...and then screaming, literally, at me "not to say so loudly that her account is negative!!!!!!!!!!!!". Well, I'm pretty sure after that everyone knew...However, since then, she has become pretty much my bff. Every time she comes in and she is very pleasant and chats with me as if we've been best friends our entire lives. Today, she told me all about her lunch. Yes, she had a sub sandwhich...from Jersey Mikes....with pickles...and now she's so full that she feels pregnant...and "sunshiney", her word not mine.
Who else? There is a customer that we allll know that is a substitute teacher. Everytime he comes in he talks about OBAMALAMA. Ok, Obama. He's a staunch democrat (as most teachers, sorry to generalize, but...are). He gets so carried away talking that he forget to fill out his withdrawal slip and you have to practically grab his hand to get him to sign it. He also loves to talk about random things he has read in the news lately. Today, he taught me about how long it would be possible to travel to the planet that apparently has oxygen. He has a plan. However, it involves being able to 1). Have Oxygen, 2) Grow Food 3). Make Water and 4). Procreate - in the space shuttle for a few generations until we make it to the planet...yowza. I'm not gonna lie to you, when I came to work this morning I did not anticipate conversing with a customer about drinking out own urine. Nope...didn't expect it.
Who else?
There is the guy who asked me to star in his film - wait, adult film.
There is the guy who perpetually smells like ketchup. He also likes to check out his behind in the security cameras and say "oh my god, my is my ass really that big?" That is an awkward one.
There's a lady who is pretty much consistently upset about some detail or another. One of her biggest annoyances is that "no one at the bank knows her anymore, and they're always hiring these new kids who don't know anything." For the past 6 months I have been one of "these kids". However, the last two times she has come in I've called her by name and now suddenly, she seems to have forgiven me of my shortcoming of being a "kid who doesn't know anything" and now complains to me ABOUT "these kids". Well...there aren't any new tellers...I really don't know what she's talking about, but oh well...
There's a guy who looks like a ninja turtle. He drives a green truck, that doesn't help. In my head he's turtle man.
There is a man who referrs to himself as "mean and ornery". Is that how you spell ornery? Even his wife calls him that....I don't even know his name.
There is a young asian gangster who tells me about how wasted he gets on the weekends. He's always surprised when I call him by name, even though he comes in everyday. At least 3 times he's said to me "you remember my name?!?!?"
There is a man who comes in and speaks to me in Spanish...he's not a native Speaker by any means...but it's fun to speak to him. The other day I fascinated him by teaching him some colloquial sayings from Venezuela. He even made me write them down on his receipt so he could remember later. He's also the guy who makes me pinky swear and taught me the rule of 72.
Ok, there are a ton more but they aren't coming to mind right now. I'm sure I'll follow up with more soon.....
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Ohh Saturday Morning...
wow, a lady just came in with the WORST morning breath I have ever met. Seriously, do you have to be at the bank SO early on a Saturday that you can't pause to brush your teeth? Also, she had 30k in her account, so I know it's not matter of affording mouth cleansing products. I mean, if you don't have time to brush at least rinse or do something!
I used to think the worst was when I had braces (ok, it was a loooong time ago, 8th grade) and the dental hygenist used to breath into my mouth with her yucky lunch breath (my appointments were always after school)....
now, I think it's a tie. Saturday morning breath....FAIL.
I used to think the worst was when I had braces (ok, it was a loooong time ago, 8th grade) and the dental hygenist used to breath into my mouth with her yucky lunch breath (my appointments were always after school)....
now, I think it's a tie. Saturday morning breath....FAIL.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
well honey....
Well, so far we still have internet, last I heart it is now not leaving until the end of March...woo!
Cali pics yet to come...also yesterday I took Lucia on her first Seattle ferry ride over to Kingston, that was great fun. We searched for McDreamy but unfortunately he was not on this one :(. We did get to have dinner with my momma, and luly was greatly amused saying "it's like hanging out with TWO Chelseas!"
The point of my post today: Some people put the weirdest things on the "memo" portion of their checks. You're probably one of them. I just got one that said "well honey, sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction"
yes, they wrote out the whole thing in the memo area, on the line and under.
Other ones I've gotten recently include:
Booty Call (eek!)
Breastfeeding (????)
For Depends and Canteloupe (do they go together?)
and various others that aren't coming to mind at the moment, but I'll keep you posted.
Cali pics yet to come...also yesterday I took Lucia on her first Seattle ferry ride over to Kingston, that was great fun. We searched for McDreamy but unfortunately he was not on this one :(. We did get to have dinner with my momma, and luly was greatly amused saying "it's like hanging out with TWO Chelseas!"
The point of my post today: Some people put the weirdest things on the "memo" portion of their checks. You're probably one of them. I just got one that said "well honey, sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction"
yes, they wrote out the whole thing in the memo area, on the line and under.
Other ones I've gotten recently include:
Booty Call (eek!)
Breastfeeding (????)
For Depends and Canteloupe (do they go together?)
and various others that aren't coming to mind at the moment, but I'll keep you posted.
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