Abusing AIB staff

My mate works in BOI and theyve been getting people in throwing abuse over the atm screw up, idiots genuinely thought it was free money and arent too happy the money has all been taken away from them. He said its hilarious the stories coming out from people, delighted for them! people spent it all and now have nothing for xmas, tough ****!

I find it very funny that people are blaming the crash on the banks, the banks did nothing illegal. They may have had bad money lending policies, but they did not break any banking law. (this is meant in general, I know some individuals have been arrested for fraud ect.) The fault lies with the government for not regulating the banks and not putting the proper laws in place to keep the banking sector stable. Also some of the blame lies with the people, I know banks were lending too much but I also know several people that lied about their income to get bigger mortgages than they could afford (a good few of these people now complain about what the banks have done to them) so nobody is innocent.

If you still want to blame the banks that's your own opinion, but you can hardly blame the person sitting at the counter, they aren't earning much more than the average person and they personally have done nothing wrong. For example I work in a computer repair shop and about a week ago an elderly woman came into me who was fairly angry and was raising her voice. She was shouting at me saying that her laptop had broken and that "you computer people make computers so that they will break quickly so they will have to be repaired". I have never made a computer and I have no connections with anyone that has. Like why blame me and make a scene in my shop? I did feel sorry for her but I had to get security to remove her after about 20 mins. Then this only made it worse about an hour later her family came in shouting at me and threatening me saying that she lives beside the shopping centre and the security have barred her for life and now she has nowhere to shop. None of this was my fault but I was blamed so I really feel sorry for the bank teller and I feel very angry with people that would take it out on her.

I do have to say asking for a letter from the bank manager asking why you should stay is a brilliant idea. It shows exactly how you feel without hurting anyone.;)

Caoimhín wrote: »

In all my time dealing with the banks, both in a personal and business situation, i have never been solicited for loans by the cash staff.

Even if i had been, blaming someone else for offering me money that i knew i couldnt afford to pay back is, well, a bit retarded...

Retarded eh, nice wording. Do you not see any problem with this..

offering me money that i knew i couldnt afford to pay back is

Not everyone is as on the ball as yourself.

I don't condone ranting at staff.

Caoimhín wrote: »

I was just in the bank today, paying a few bills and while waiting in the queue I saw a fairly well dressed guy abusing the teller behing the counter. He was almost screaming at her about bonuses and that he, as a taxpayer, paid her wages. The poor girl was almost in tears.

When I got to the counter I joked with her that he must have been a looney but she told me that it is happening everyday.

I have no love of the banks and im just as annoyed at the carry on of the bank executives as anyone, but abusing the staff at the desk is just obnoxious. These tellers and desk staff arent on much more than the average industrial wage and all their jobs are now under threat. Same goes for abusing the staff behind the counter in the social welfare office, its just fecking nasty.

Meh, just had to get that off my chest, but does anyone seriously think that the staff behind the counter are to blame for the banks reckless lending?

Its the same story everywhere, self-righteous customers belittle and insult the people on minimum wage (or close to) because they're the ones the see face to face. It happens to cashiers in supermarkets and it happens to waiters in restaurants.

Naikon wrote: »

Otherwise, you are the fool. "Hell is other people" as Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre would have said.

As opposed to that other famous Jean-Paul Fergal O'Toole Sartre?