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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 404219, member: 15062&quot;]Since you seem to have knowledge of the banking system, maybe you can explain something to me.&nbsp; Over the last 45 years, I have taken hundreds of rolls of coins to one of the five local banks I have dealt with in that period.&nbsp; Each time I did that the rolls were taken from me, counted and put directly in the teller&#039;s drawer and I was given either bills or a deposit receipt, depending on the circumstances of the time.&nbsp; Not one time did any teller ever open any roll to see what was in it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if the OP had taken the roll in and put it in his drawer without checking it out, my opinion of what ensued would be a lot different.&nbsp; In normal practice, that roll would have remained in his drawer until the end of the day when he would have been placed in the vault, unless another customer came in and specifically requested a roll of halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you say that a teller would be justified in breaking open a few dozen rolls of quarters to check for silver or presidential dollars to search for any missing the edge lettering?&nbsp; And if any were found, to cherrypick them for himself?&nbsp;&nbsp; What is the difference between cherrypicking a few quarters or dollar coins from a few rolls and cherrypicking an entire roll of halves?</p><p><br /></p><p>You say that for him to refuse, or even discourage, a deposit of a customer&#039;s funds would be an offense which could lead problems with the bank and possible to his discharge.&nbsp; I say that a quick discussion with the head teller or the bank manager might have saved that woman from making a mistake she probably didn&#039;t know she was making.&nbsp; If she was indeed and knowingly depositing valuable coins, then that would have been discovered within minutes.&nbsp; Perhaps in that conversation, the teller could have made the offer to buy the roll so that she would have more to deposit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Truth is, there was no ethical reason for him to check the contents of the roll he was given for deposit (unless he was instructed to do that for each and every roll he comes across).&nbsp; And, having checked the roll, there was no ethical justification for him to set the roll aside for himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a whole lot different from walking through a parking lot checking for any car with the keys in it and then thinking that you could take that car for a ride.&nbsp; After all, the owner obviously wanted you to and left the keys there to make it easier for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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