Stopped by the bank today to drop off some of my homemade zucchini bread (of course, it's absolutely delicious) for the gang there at my bank where I keep my safe deposit box and accounts. Among other little things I bring them off and on, they love my zuchinni bread and get it often, especially during the summer when I can grow my own zuchinni. The vault teller always orders whatever I want when I want it and over the years now and then I get a nice surprise that somebody brought in. Didn't have any other business other than to drop off the bread before the wife and I fly up to Niagara Falls in the morning and see if maybe they had a new box of quarters that i had not searched yet. Darn, they are all loaded up on all the quarters I have returned after searching them so didn't order any new last week. So when the vault teller finished with some customers I gave her the bread and she said "I have this in the drawer. I think it's silver. We all thought it looked like it." She lays down a 1964-P quarter and says "it's not in very good condition". My response? "It doesn't matter." In fact, it wasn't bad at all and I bought it from her and left a happy camper. One quarter is better than none!!"
I think it's so neat that banks or stores for that matter still exist & are operational. I go to a big business bank where the tellers & managers are all young & they almost never stay long. I'm amazed that there are still banks that people can go to & build a relationship like those that I read on this forum. I'm not much of a roll searcher but when I have the opportunity I usually enjoy an interesting find or 2.
At the branch where I get my half dollars, they're always asking me questions... how much is my 1944 Dime worth??... what's your most valuable coin, etc???... I really love going in there because the entire staff is extremely friendly and always hopes I find "good stuff."
As I've posted a couple of times before about the relationship with my tellers/vault supervisor, I love dealing with the five employees at my branch. Keep developing and nurturing those relationships and they will treat you good.
