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An exhortation we should all strive to live up to.
(On a slightly more irritated note: the branch in Old Saybrook that used to be the Hartford National, and after a bunch of changes is now Bank of America, seems to have been practically abandoned by Bank of America. I went there yesterday to deposit a check, and found not only was the inside closed, but "owing to circumstances beyond our control," so was the drive through window. But soft! You can bank at our branches 10-15 miles away. I've banked with BoA and its predecessors for 30 years, and this nonsense is making me seriously think about changing to a local bank for most of my business.)
(On a slightly more irritated note: the branch in Old Saybrook that used to be the Hartford National, and after a bunch of changes is now Bank of America, seems to have been practically abandoned by Bank of America. I went there yesterday to deposit a check, and found not only was the inside closed, but "owing to circumstances beyond our control," so was the drive through window. But soft! You can bank at our branches 10-15 miles away. I've banked with BoA and its predecessors for 30 years, and this nonsense is making me seriously think about changing to a local bank for most of my business.)
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I've long had suspicions BofA has been trying to kill off human branches for years. You'd go into a branch and maybe 1 of 7 or 2 of 9 booths would be staffed, and they're incessantly pestering you to "go online!" "get eStatements" and such. The COVID seems to be their excuse. It's a lot like the way railroads killed off branch lines in the 50s and 60s. They'd make it very difficult, and then go to their regulators and say: "oh, no one rides those trains anymore." (See E.M. Frimbo on the topic.)
I just Had to look up E.M. Frimbo, and I found out he's the author of the book "All Aboard", a 1974 publication in which Mister Rogers E M. Whitaker chronicles his more than 50 years as "The World's Greatest Railroad Buff." He wrote articles in New Yorker Magazine which I believe I might enjoy reading. Thanks for the suggestion.
I have that book, and yes, I think you *would* enjoy it; it also has the essay I allude to in the comment, above. (Whitaker was also an editor at the New Yorker, and wrote on college football, too -- seek out Brendan Gill's book "Here at the New Yorker" for more on Whitaker/Frimbo.)
You found one! I don't see many Connecticut Bump and Thrust Bank and Trust collectables; I'll have to keep my eyes open.
Not a fan of BoA. They also have the highest ATM fees in my area. Liberty Bank (Middletown, Connecticut) will pay up to $3 of any 'alien' ATM fee, but BoA charges from 3.50 to $3.99, depending, apparently, on the market or how badly you need the cash. I'd say find a local bank. BoA Constrictor has a long history of evil, another Wells Fargo.
Not a fan of BoA. They also have the highest ATM fees in my area. Liberty Bank (Middletown, Connecticut) will pay up to $3 of any 'alien' ATM fee, but BoA charges from 3.50 to $3.99, depending, apparently, on the market or how badly you need the cash. I'd say find a local bank. BoA Constrictor has a long history of evil, another Wells Fargo.
The only Connecticut Bank & Trust item I have is a curious one -- it's a bit of letterpress used either for notepaper or as a slug-line in advertising. I also have some plates for some long-extinct CT banks. I have (somewhere) a Union Trust [ex-Union & New Haven Trust] deposit bag, and some cloth Hartford National bank bags.
I did finally locate a key that works on my "book bank" Hartford National and Travelers Bank & Trust banks. Likely 1930s vintage, both (TB&T merged out of existence in the early 50s, ironically enough with Hartford National).
I did finally locate a key that works on my "book bank" Hartford National and Travelers Bank & Trust banks. Likely 1930s vintage, both (TB&T merged out of existence in the early 50s, ironically enough with Hartford National).
You know I can't leave this alone.
I hear you about distractions. This new job is eating my life -- and all I'm doing is training for onboarding.
I hear you about distractions. This new job is eating my life -- and all I'm doing is training for onboarding.
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