I've been here for years but over the past few, it seems like the general CS attitude of the tellers/reps here have gone down the tubes. I am referring to the mature, seasoned employees. However, I must say that the exception, based on MY experiences, is the Bank Manager - I cant remember her name but she's very sweet and helpful and has been this way since I first met her like 10-15 years ago. Now, some of the others... well, lets say they might need to work on their skills.
I feel that I am pretty easy going but I was a bit ruffled recently when I came in to deposit cash, which I had separated into denominations of $100, using THE DREADED ENEMY OF BANKS - staples. Whell, you'd have thought I handed them a bucket of origami folded bills to organize...
After I handed it over, 3, maybe 4 of them had gotten involved, by either effort and/or sneer to remove the staples that I had used to bundle the cash. A few minutes in, one (older) lady turns from the group and reprimands me with a degrading tone to "NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!" Seriously, turned and looked directly at me and actually said this! I apologized only because they (she) felt so overwhelmed. I actually replied, "you know, I can do it, just bring the money back to me". Which they ignored. I guess, staple removers are an extremely hard find because for the first several minutes, they were prying them out with their fingernails (a nail file, scissors and knife - any of it would have worked) but finally, someone comes over with one. Friends, there were maybe 20-30 and I know, the counting machines can't handle this, which is why I normally have them removed before making a deposit. This was rare for me to not think ahead but this is not about the staples. Its about the attitude :/
I also, just want to comment about my request to have an expired debit card handed back to me. It seemed to cause a bit of aggravation. I thank you for your offer to use the bank's "shredder" but I really can do it. I felt like the teller was reluctant to hand it back at my request because she kept saying, now you need to destroy it - it cant be used. Guys, I'm literally a Grandmother - this isn't my 1st debit card. What were you suspecting I was going to do with it? I mean, you and I know that it is a cancelled card...
Here's my perspective because I feel like sometimes you need to understand WHY from the OTHER persons viewpoint: I know the banks have shredding machines but I've never seen them and I really can't speak for their proficiency, but regardless, it's not at your desk right now and I don't like my signature floating around until it makes it into the jaws of this "machine".
So, call me old fashioned, but unless I am present for the shedding party, I will shred them myself.
I feel it's been years of build up, as it was similar when I opened some new accounts a few years back, and when I closed others, when I've made in-person trans and also on the rare occasion that I needed to call the branch. I don't have any real in-depth banking experience with this particular bank that I could review - just basic checking, but I'm not sure I'll venture into these opportunities because it seems like customer respect isn't really a goal for this location. Thanks for letting me vent. read more