Once being granted access into the living room and after looking at the exchange rates a little more thoroughly…I thought that maybe it was time to get rid of my American Travelers Checks that I been traveling with since April of 2009.
While I was forging my very own signature to the way I did it 3 years ago, I was told they couldn’t accept my travelers checks because I didn’t have the receipts for them – in which the company that issued these checks states that you shouldn’t carry them together. The bank told me this after countersigning 3 checks.
I clearly understand policies and procedures but sometimes small town policies and procedures can be created from small town damaged brains. The manager here was just a puppet of the bank, as I tried to reach in and pull some of his strings that were connected to the hand of his puppet master.
After the manager called the main branch in Georgetown to
request leniency, he called me back into the bank and needed to know about my
life history, how I financed this trip, what countries I have been to and what I
do for a living. After about 2 hours of
trying to cash the checks I signed when I first arrived in the bank, they were
not convinced that I was not a conman...later implying that my Passport and
other documents could all be created to cash these travelers checks that could
be forged – for a mere $150 USD? I think
the bank might have watched the movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” one too many
times…it is time to watch something different.
With the nearest bank in Guyana being perhaps another 10
hours away, I exchanged my US Dollars and left.
Where is an intelligent ATM when you need one...(Please note: Photo courtesy of www.IMDb.com)
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