The New Bank of Me, part 2

10/10/2008 - 8:10 pm

I know I'm not supposed to be joking about this, but what should I do, cry? 

So, I went into the bank today to get some money, and they still had some there, much to my surprise.  Given what I've been hearing in the news, I expected all the teller windows to be shut, and "Come back later" scrawled with a Sharpie on the outside.  The bank manager asked if he could help me (usually, in the bank, they ignore me--maybe I looked dangerously deranged?).  So I told him I wanted to make a withdrawal and transfer some funds to the Mattress Account.  His smile frozen in place, he said, amiably, "We try not to make jokes like that here..."  

Why did he think I was joking? 

Maybe it would help if they still gave out toasters.  I'd like a 6-slice, please.