Alyssa's ramblings...

Strange, strange world.

Last weekend, my fiance, flatmate and I went to the Coffee Club. There was a guy at the table next to us that looked like Sloane from Alias!

We started playing charades using the sugar sachets and salt & pepper shakers... here is a diagram of one that I did (click to enlarge).




I was laughing so much, I could hardly get the words out! We were laughing for about 10 minutes afterwards, non-stop. Well, I was. Ahem.

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We were talking to (OK, pestering) my flatmate about when she's going to get a boyfriend. She said something about how we don't know anything about love, and I said "Teach us, oh learned one! Be our Yoda! ... Wouldn't it be funny if Yoda said 'be my Yoda'?" Apparently I was wrong. It wouldn't be funny. Apparently.

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Today I was at the bank, and a guy came in. He looked like he was in his late teens / early twenties. Anyway, he asked if he could make a withdrawal. When the teller asked for ID, he said he didn't have any, as he lost his wallet. She said "Well, we can't give you $250 without ID." He went on about how he needs the money, as he's temporarily homeless, and needs to buy food to survive. He said that another branch let him get $450 out without ID, and the teller said that he should go there, because maybe they know him there, and can identify him. He then said that he's just come from around there, and he has a job interview locally in 20 minutes, and besides, he doesn't have any money for the bus (even though the lady said she'd let him get $20 out).

When he finally resigned to the fact that, shock horror, he couldn't get any money out without ID, he stormed off, swearing all the while. A few minutes later he came back in, and tried the same thing on another teller. He was rejected again (Who would have thought the other bank employees would have the same policy??!?!), and the same angry behaviour ensued.

Did he really expect to be able to make the withdrawal??? Who knows. I, for one, did not believe his sob story for a second. Maybe I'm just the opposite of naive, but any rational person wouldn't behave the way he did. And if what he said was true, he would have taken the $20!

But who knows? Ahhh, the wonders of working in a bank. I can't imagine how the teller must have felt after all the abuse she received. I felt like I was about to cry, and I wasn't even on the receiving end!

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posted by Alyssa @ 1:32 PM