Do you know what kind of people hate the first of the month?

My sister-in-law is also one of those people that works in a bank, but she isn't a teller and is instead a data entry clerk at the bank now. However, when she worked at the other bank, she was a teller and had to open up accounts for customers and such. She was always complaining about the stupid people that would come into the bank. Now me, I cannot open my own bank account because I'm in check systems for something that happened with my checking account ten years ago. My ex stole my debit card and was depositing cold checks into the account and withdrawing the money after the funds posted. I reported it to the bank but they said that I was responsible for some of the money. So, I decided to just not have a checking account. I do, however, have a small savings account at a local credit union.

I don't understand why so many people will give so much information about their situation in response to a question like that. A simple 'no, thank you' would work just fine! I can sort of sympathize with the person who didn't want to open a bank account because it would be frozen to repay student loans. I've been in a position where I needed to decide between repaying my debts and paying my rent, and paying rent and keeping a roof over my daughter's head came before the debts. Thankfully I was able to make up the missed payments and get back on track pretty quickly, but some people aren't able to do that. It may not be that the person doesn't want to pay that loan back so much as they are living so close to their means that they simply can't do it... especially if they also happen to be receiving government assistance, which is what it sounds like you were dealing with yesterday. (And yes, I do realize that there are scammers out there that don't care about gaming the system to get benefits they really aren't entitled to. I just prefer to think that most people aren't like that. ) I'm not very sympathetic about the people who claim to be avoiding paying child support, though. My father-in-law took off when my husband was 12 and did everything he could to avoid paying child support. I don't understand what could drive a parent to do something like that. In my state there's a hotline we can call to report deadbeat parents. I imagine that reporting them to the state wouldn't be something you could do without possibly jeopardizing your job, huh?

I can't believe people would actually admit those things!

You know, before I started working as a letter carrier I'd have found it hard to believe people would say some of the things they say, but now I sure believe you! I never could figure out what made these people think they had to tell me their personal business to begin with. I mean, if I had a certified letter for them from the tax bureau they didn't have to explain it to me, it was none of my business anyway, but they'd always have a story about why their taxes were late. I also had some people tell me straight out that they'd knowingly run up credit card bills in their exes' names to get back at them for something or another. I also came across some who were trying to avoid child support and I agree, they're the worst of the worst. There's NO way to justify not helping to support one's own child. They helped "make" a baby, they should help support it, at least by paying support if in no other way. Annie

I worked in a bank almost 15 years ago and I would always dread the first of the month. To say it gets busy is an under statement...and, it is even worse when it fall on a Friday. I feel your pain!

That's kind of sickening! Those people that avoid child support! I get it that they may be hard up, and relying on government checks, but that's no reason to avoid supporting their own children. In fact, having children should have given them motivation to work even harder, or find a job so they could help their own flesh and blood. Even if they become absentee parents, they shouldn't deny their children this. And laughing about it as if it's a joke, takes the cake! Sorry, in my job, our equivalent is the end of the month. That's when we have to make sure we ship a lot of parts to help our bottom line.

Can you not record the names of these people off of their checks, their addresses too, and report them to the police? It is illegal to do what they are doing. What would happen if you reported them to the authorities?

I work in retail, and hear some of the craziest things myself. Sometimes I wish I could just tell some of our customers what it's really like but then a few customers later I get one that understands exactly what it is like. Those who aren't paying back on loans or on child support will later regret it as it will come back to bite them in the butt! I work at a grocery store and I have to ask people if they have our store's savings card. If they don't have one I have to ask if they'd want one. I had one lady who tried as she might to not have to tell me, but because of what we are required to do she had to end up telling me why seh didn't want one. Says that they ask for too much information and it's all about privacy. I found it to be ridiculous, our company doesn't sell the information, we just ask for information so that its' more convenient for the customer and for us as a company... Sometimes the things we're required to say at work can get us in trouble. I bet you've heard a few sarcastic / smart remarks yourself that just made your day worse.

Hi Katsmeow, Thats a perfect analogy of these people, There IS something wrong with some people..and the thing about it is they don't see anything wrong with them saying that kind of stuff to others... I do not envy your job one bit...having to interact with such people can really be annoying..There are so many people in life who tries to do the right things and then you have those jerks who will always try to be scammers... Don't let these jerks take you out of character, just take it for who you are dealing with....LOL...