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In reply to the discussion: teller to Black woman trying to make withdrawal: 'I Just Don't Feel Comfortable Giving It you' [View all]applegrove
(119,336 posts)65. Is this a trend? First Ron Johnson claims it is normal to be afraid of BLM
VS a white mob if seditionists and now some women has feelings on a black woman taking money out of her account? Have they been told to stop calling the authorities on black people doing their jobs and start exploring their feelings on people of colour in their outside voice? To keep the racist magic going?
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teller to Black woman trying to make withdrawal: 'I Just Don't Feel Comfortable Giving It you' [View all]
Demovictory9
Mar 2021
OP
Man, this lady is a lot more gracious about it then I would have expected. WTF? Without more
dameatball
Mar 2021
#1
She was probably worried about them calling the police and ending up the one blamed [nt]
Nexus2
Mar 2021
#60
i hope that lady sues the bank for $43.678,095.00 ---- racial discrimination
Trueblue1968
Mar 2021
#3
The whole thing is so shady Cha. The customer already knew the funds had cleared
Lucinda
Mar 2021
#69
Yeah...it mentions which city it was in...and I tagged the main bank on twitter
Lucinda
Mar 2021
#71
head office for td is in toronto i hope she called ...and yes i know this happened in the united
dawn5651
Mar 2021
#11
This is our new Republican/Nazi America, POC are officially 2nd class. Read the paper.
johnthewoodworker
Mar 2021
#17
This is the old America, nothing new at all. The racists dusted off Old Jim Crow and...
Hekate
Mar 2021
#59
I would have gone full on "Karen" in that situation. I would have "caused a scene". nt
Progressive Jones
Mar 2021
#48
Then why wouldn't the teller simply explain what the policy was? And why was she able to withdraw
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2021
#54
I would have then asked if she felt comfortable closing the account because now that was going
Vinca
Mar 2021
#28
The facts in the story said that the teller had confirmed that the check had cleared.
Solomon
Mar 2021
#30
My bank does that and I'm white. In fact, I have 3 accounts at the same bank and if I
Vinca
Mar 2021
#53
Change banks. But in my opinion this is not the same. The money had cleared and was available.
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#55
Not the same thing. She wasn't trying to use a debit card. She was standing in the bank.
MrsCoffee
Mar 2021
#72
Look. Did you read the article? Not only did the teller confirm that the check had cleared, the
Solomon
Mar 2021
#40
And she got the money from a different branch where tellers were not racist.
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#57
The funds were available and if a bank did that to me I would take my money out.
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#56