I Think it's Way Too Late

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Oh, now I get a "nice" message saying that the bill doesn't make any sense, some story about another old account and "I will sort it out".

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Oh, here's another one for those who don't think when it rains it pours. The bank called and said they don't want my mother's account any more. 6 figures in checking.

I think I mentioned this - but 2 months or so ago she had an episode when my life was melting down, and thought she would move back to her old town. She called the bank, took me off as a co-signer (she was mad at me) and that meant they had to close her account. She opened a new one. Then, we went back in, put me back on as co-signer and I thought it was all straight. But that raised red flags with the state, and they sent a case worker around to make sure Mom wasn't being scammed. Everything checked out - I even got a call from her lawyer who thought she sounded pretty good considering.

So, last week out of the blue I get a call from one of the tellers I know. He said somebody in "upper management" was unhappy and wanted her gone.

Funny, the W works on the community foundation and is quite close to the VP of the bank. In fact, she had a meeting with them the day before the call.

I went in there that very same day, because I wanted to talk to somebody, and wasn't getting a call back. I swear, you'd have thought I had leprosy. All the tellers, who I've known for years didn't even look up. They've always been so friendly, I'd be greeted with a chorus when I went in. I make a deposit, get a "how's your Mother" and that was it.

Wow. You know, it hurts enough already. It's the collateral damage, those arrows from the side you never consider. A Bank I did business with long before I even met the W. over 40 years. It's changed names 3-4 times. I was a charter member. Buh-bye.

So I have to take the M down to another bank this afternoon and open a new checking account.