Banks, Coffee, and Cookies

This morning I am reading the guidelines for an upcoming bank shop . . . and one of the guidelines is . . . "the bank is not required to serve coffee and cookies and should not be marked down if they do not serve them" . . .

This leads me to believe that in the past some shoppers have marked this bank down for not serving coffee and cookies.

It would be fun to know some of the things that we SHOPPERS do put in reports that are totally wacky . . . but we don't get it . . .

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I think every bank should be required by law to serve cookies. LOL.

Tell them to bring back free FULL SIZE calendars please !!!!

Still have my 1982 CD passbook with an interest rate of 14.75% !!!!!!

So now I laugh at the less than 1% interest rates being offered.

Too funny jwolpert!

What about when the banks gave away toasters and blenders., I miss those also.

jwolpert Wrote:
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> I think every bank should be required by law to
> serve cookies. LOL.

Fresh baked Snicker doodles and chocolate chip cookies.

Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

Not scheduling for ANY company.

Cookies in banks? That's rich.

On Fridays, my bank does cookies, lemonade, and coffee.

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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)

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LOL I guess I live in "cheap ville".....no perks ever.....Butttt....getting paid to walk in is the BEST perk i guess!

Insight Wrote:
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> What about when the banks gave away toasters and
> blenders., I miss those also.

Yeah, me too! We have the greatest car travel tool kit in our car that we got when we opened accounts at the bank we still bank at. But now we're lucky if they just handle the accounts right.... Doing a bank shop next week at a credit union my husband's employer is affiliated with. If I like them, I'm going to open the account and transfer everything there. I HATE banks!

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

Several banks in this metro area offer coffee and cookies, or even cold water and lemonade on hot days.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.

amabilis Wrote:
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It would be fun to know some of the things that we
SHOPPERS do put in reports that are totally wacky
. . . but we don't get it . . .

I just edited a report where the shopper complained they weren't offered a drink in a jewellery store.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2013 07:05PM by HeatherC.

My bank serves coffee and donuts on Saturdays. You have to get there early, though, because a group of old men comes in, sits down, and stays for several hours, eating everything! LOL

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/2013 02:11PM by DanceMom.

One bank that I visit about every 2 months has free popcorn.

expect the unexpected

I guess the editors would be the best at telling what silly things we report.

This practice stopped after inter-industry collusion. The Banks agreed not to give away cookies and the bakeries agreed not to loan money.

I actually got offered coffee when I did a bank shop this week; was I ever surprised! Most banks simply seem to find more ways of "taking" and don't bother "giving" anything....

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

I did a round of blue banks. The ones I normally use only offer coffee and water. Some of the ones I went to had cookies, candy, hot cocoa, doughnuts and other things. I was amazed and it makes me want to go back to those branches for my normal everyday banking. So it must not be a corporate thing, but a branch by branch thing. At least for the blue banks.

HeatherC Wrote:
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> I just edited a report where the shopper
> complained they weren't offered a drink in a
> jewellery store.

One specific store offers water and is a major point on the MSC report for that particular store. The shopper must have been "trained" to look for that.

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