Re: Florida: The Rodney Dangerfield of America
Rob Cypher
wrote:
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545560,00.html
>
>No Thumbprint, No Check-Cashing, Bank Told Armless Man
>
>TAMPA, Fla. � A Florida man born without arms says a Tampa bank would
>not let him cash a check because he couldn't provide a thumbprint.
>
>It was supposed to be a quick stop at the Bank of America.
>
>"I said, 'I'm going to run over downtown on my break, cash the check
>and bring the cash back.' No big deal," Steve Valdez said. "It turned
>out to be a very big deal."
>
>Valdez said he was cashing a check from his wife, who has an account
>at Bank of America. But the teller told Valdez she needed a thumbprint
>in order to cash it � it was company policy.
>
>s not that Valdez didn't want to provide it. He couldn't provide it,
>and the teller even acknowledged it.
>
>"'It's obvious that you can't give us a thumbprint.' She goes, 'Let me
>go check with my supervisor,'" Valdez recalled the teller told him.
>
>Valdez was born without arms and wears prosthetic devices. While at
>the bank, Valdez said he provided two photo IDs. And still that wasn't
>enough. The bank supervisor offered him two options.
>
>"One is, you can bring your wife with you. And the other one, you can
>open up an account with us. And I said, no, I don't think so," Valdez
>added.
>
>*******
>
>Jason "And they wonder why population is dropping down there" Todd
They should've asked him to bring along the alligator that ate his arms.
That's a valid form of ID in Floriduh.
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