I’ve just returned from depositing some cheques in the bank. The walk along the road was great, everyone seems so much happier when the sun is out. That is until you step in to business banking that is.

Greeting the teller with a cheery hello I got a less than enthusiastic reply back. Presenting her with the simplest of requests I handed across my bank details and some cheques and asked to deposit them.

“How much is it?” came the reply.

“Eh… I’m not really sure” I retorted before she uttered the class reply. Turning shaking her weary head at the wee work experience boy perched next to her she said

“Guess that means I need to add them up then”

The young chap was not phased. He handed her a calculator and said “Its ok, you don’t need to add them up. You can use this.”

She shook her head, took the calculator and the proceeded to add up.

I’m telling you, if the bank had promoted these business brains sooner then I’m thinking that the whole banking crisis could have been averted.