On Thursday July 29 My little boy and I had been doing some remodeling work on our Garage, we were both pretty scruffy looking but needed to take a break so not wanting to get the car interior dirty we decided to walk to our local smiths. About half way there we wished we hadn't. Seeing how the heat was well over 95 degrees My 7 year old was doing better than me but towards the end of our 2 mile hike he was wishing we had drove, and I had to agree with him. However its occasions like this that bond fathers to sons we laughed together all the way there about the heat. The plan seemed simple enough, get to smiths goto Zion's bank located in smiths cash a $20.00 check at Zion's bank given to me by a customer. Buy cold drinks a candy bar and most likely a toy, then start the long hot journey home filled with every question a little 7 year old boy can come up with!
Now enter the Zion's factor!
Over the last 3 years I have cashed dozens of checks at the Sandy 13th east branch usually for allot more money then $20.00! The only difference this time was I looked alittle rough and I wasn't wearing a suit. I presented my check along with my Utah Drivers license & a Utah Temporary license the same 2 pieces of id I've used for the last three years both with my picture on each id only to be told that they were the same id and I couldn't use them to cash a check! This was told to me by idiot number one.
So I asked to speak to the manager, Enter brain dead number 2 who confirmed my suspicions That I was not dealing with a very bright individual. He looked a little aggravated at having to come out and talk to me and acted as if we were trying to rob the place. He was rude pompous and continued to talk down to me. After realizing I was getting nowhere with this ass#@! @ I tried a different approach, I asked if he could simply call the person who wrote the check and verify who I was he then told me he could but it still wouldn't provide me with another id this is straight up crap I've had banks call people and OK checks when all I had was a social security card and an expired id.
This whole time I can see the irritation on his face from what ever it was I had pulled him away from. I then explained that I had had an old business account with Zion's that should still be open, that I had discontinued using about 5 years ago because I had gotten sick of Zion's crap the company has been closed but the account should still have been there! He claimed he couldn't find it. Realizing I was coming to a dead end I tried one last plea begging this jerk explaining that we had just walked along way in the heat, it was the only monies we had with us my little 7 year old boy was thirsty overheated and tired that I did have a valid Utah drivers license and a temporary picture id he just stood there smiling almost contemptuous. He's very lucky there are laws that protect little sniveling ass kissers like him! Its been a long time since someone has made me want to drag them across the counter and smack the daylight out of them but you give a small mind a little power and they turn stupid!
At this point I left proclaiming loudly that this kind of crap was exactly why I had quit using Zion's bank.
I walked back home, with a beautiful little boy who didn't understand why he couldn't get a Drink or candy or the promised toy. Looking at me as if somehow I had done something wrong Causing me to feel like I had let him down my little boy had been working hard all day with his Father and deserved what he had been promised!
When we arrived home I jumped in a shower put on a tie cleaned up my little boy grabbed the visa card and drove to the Sandy 94 south branch. Where I handed them the same 2 pieces of id. They cashed it without blinking an eye. I then asked them about my old account witch they found in a matter of seconds still with 38 dollars in it which I closed on the spot vowing to never again do business with Zion's Bank. I now have a nice new sign in my store it states simply
WE DO NOT
except checks
from
Zion's Bank
And I will tell every one who will listen about that sniveling little liar of a manager at Sandy 13th East Branch my sympothy to those of you that have to work with him!
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