And here I thought you were happy to see me (begins sobbing). Nobody approaches me with a boner anymore always with the notes and the guns. That's it I'M GOING ON SLIMFAST!

The Hell??? I thought the headline was just a joke but it's actually true.

The first thing that came to mind was that he must have tried to rob a Wells Fargo bank. If you don't have an account with them, they will charge a $5 check cashing fee, even on checks drawn on their bank.

++1 to the teller.

forteblast

I specifically remember hearing in teller training, several times, to give the robber whatever he wanted with no resistance, regardless of whether or not they have a weapon. Cash is replaceable. People are not.

This attitude is why bank robbers still exist: If banks decided collectively that they would arm the tellers and expect them to resist, or have a non-obvious trained person carrying concealed, the potential cost to the bank robber (his life) would quickly soar above the value of the cash he might conceiveably receive.

Money, by the way, isn't replaceable: It represents time. I work for an hour, I get X dollars in exchange. If someone takes that money from me, I have lost the time that the money represented. If you steal enough from me, it might certainly be worth your life.

The same goes for my car, or my possessions. They were purchased in exchange for cash, which is what I received for my time. You take them from me, and you have taken away my time. In the case of a car, a good 6 months worth of time. Granted, I have insurance to mitigate that cost if my car is stolen, but even then it is lost: I paid money to the insurance company precisely because of the threat that it might be stolen, so even if you didn't steal directly from me, if you are stealing cars you are taking money out of my pocket.

So, no, you can't replace money, because it represents time. And if you are in the line of business where taking things that don't belong to you is a common thing, you are taking away people's time. Take enough, you should forfeit your life.

forteblast: This attitude is why bank robbers still exist: If banks decided collectively that they would arm the tellers and expect them to resist, or have a non-obvious trained person carrying concealed, the potential cost to the bank robber (his life) would quickly soar above the value of the cash he might conceiveably receive.


My father was a banker in the 70s back when management carried guns. He was robbed several times, despite the gun he was carrying.