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I quickly grabbed my things, And we're 'uckin' with your shi' annoyed at the uselessness of this stressed-out banker. -Flight of the Conchords, "Mutha'uckas" ''They're actually closed now," he said. "But if you come back tomorrow I'm sure they'll be happy to serve you." I'm banking on getting shafted I looked up at a clock in the tiny office. It was 4:35p.m. A small circuit in my brain that compelled me to be polite to the useless, powerless front-line staff of gigantic corporations I went to the bank today to deposit a cheque. Usually I use a overloaded. branch that's a few minutes away from my house, but I had "You know, between the shitty hours of this bank, and to run a bunch of errands today, so I used a branch I've never the shitty service I'm receiving right now, I'm seriously been to before. I won 't say which location or what bank I use, considering switching to a new bank right now," I told him. but I will say it's the worst thing to come out of Montreal since He shrugged his shoulders, then went back to the Celine Dion . I've had my problems with the bank before, but I paperwork. "Okay," he says. just about flipped my lid this time. I didn't even get one iota of eye contact. The branch I used was built into a Safeway. It was small, I'm sure everyone's gone through an experience like with only one teller and a single ATM. The teller was this that at their bank. Banks are the most soulless, mechanical, 20-something guy who looked stressed beyond belief. From unfeeling organizations out there. Hell, even crack dealers have the looks of things, he hadn't been out of his four-by-six foot more flexibility when it comes to financial matters ("Can't pay office in weeks. He didn 't even look up from the paperwork he me my money, eh? Well, why don't you just give me your TV was madly filling out when he greeted me. then?"). I think the universal pain these corporations cause to "Can I help you?" he asked. I was taken aback by his average citizens is why the U.S. government is meeting such awareness of my presence. Either he had really good hearing to strong backlash to their bailout plan. To me, giving free money notice me, or he had some sort of spider-sense. to banks is on the same level as giving free money to cancer, "Yeah, I need to deposit this cheque," I said. "I can't do it or toe fungus, or, well, Celine Dion. Personally, I'd rather give through the machine because it'll put a hold on it." that money to every painful canker sore I've ever had than to The holds on my cheques are another problem my bank see those snakes at the bank see a cent. gives me. Despite bringing the same cheque from the same Here's this for an experiment; get a loan from your bank, place of employment for two years now, they still want to put and then spend it all on foolish investments; buy stock in Pets . a hold on my money. I've been a customer there for five years; com, fix up a tree house so you can flip it later, or even start how long is it going to take for them to trust me not to commit up a Kosher deli in Iran. Then when all your money is gone cheque fraud enough to just let me have my damn money? because of your idiocy, go to the bank and tell them you need "Can I see the cheque?" he asked. He still hadn't looked an irurnediate bailout of free money. up from the paperwork. I handed him the cheque, and he Tell me how far you get with that, because that's about as examined it. far as banks should've gotten when they asked for a bailout. "Sorry," he said . "You'll have to deposit it through the machine ." Your friend in high fidelity, "I can't do it through the machine," I reminded him. "It'll put a hold on it. Can't you just remove the hold?" . Liam Britten "I'm sorry, sir, I'm not authorized to do that at this Editor-in-Chief location." The Other Press "Well, where can I find a branch with the authorization?" Douglas College Canadian campuses to become bottle-free zones t a recent assembly of Toronto and London, Ontario proposed the resolution. Wrap Up of the Federation The two cities have emphatically backed the movement, A of Canadian urging their citizens to decrease the consumption of By Matthew Steinbach, News Editor Municipalities, the Federation bottled water both in and outside of municipal facilities. asked its members to phase Though the bottles are recyclable, more than half of DSU calls for nominations out the sale of bottled water on all bottled water containers will eventually wind up in The Douglas Students' Union has announced ---------' municipal property. a local landfill, the cause of unnecessary environmental that it will be holding its general elections The meeting, which took place March 7th in detriment as the manufacture, transportation and disposal for the next year next week and nomination Victoria, saw the passing of an anti-bottle resolution. of bottled water containers uses up a major sum of forms can be picked up today at their main The resolution does not have any legal power, but does energy and resources, and creates massive air pollution. offices at both campuses. Students must establish a way of thinking that encourages eco-friendly fill out nomination forms in order to run initiatives. and they have to be signed by at least ten The Federation of Canadian Municipalities numbers students. more than 1,775 members and already twenty-seven All positions are open to be run for.