Beware of Bankers and Skunks
“Beware of Bankers and Skunks” arrived in a list of Wisdom Sayings in my email this morning. I love these others from the list:
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
I checked the Internet to see just who wrote this. I’ve been labeled “Anonymous” myself and I wanted to give proper credit. I also wanted to make sure nobody thought I wrote “Beware of Bankers and Skunks.”
You see, we must not confuse the Banks, notorious banks, with the people who work there.
You know, it would be like having your favorite glass of wine in a 5 Star restaurant, and then tasting your garlic smashed potatoes and discovering the truffles were really glazed cock roaches.
No doubt if you explain you didn’t order cock roaches, or you don’t like cock roaches, the restaurant will take them off the bill, not that they were on the bill because you ordered from the Prix Frixe menu (one price, price fixed)
If you yell and scream at the waiter, he might cry, or get upset, or even get fired. And what does he have to do with the cockroaches? He doesn’t order or check the food, or prepare it. He is not the chef, or the boss. He is just an underpaid waiter in an uncomfortable tuxedo.
I really feel sorry for people who work at banks. It must be worse than being a waiter or dentist.
I was asked to be the key note speaker at the National Dental Convention when it was held in Honolulu one year. At first, I thought they had me confused with Anonymous again.
I create a comic strip called Kisses™ and I write books. My speaking engagements are about Prosperity, How To Sell Words & Pictures, How To Lose A Million Dollars (I am no longer the expert with this one, but it was a good run since Hurricane Andrew in 92), Just Get Up And Dance and Love, Sex, and Money.
Just what did any of that have to do with the National Dental Convention?
I was informed that dentists have the highest suicide rate of any profession. People are afraid of them. People hate to go see them. So anything I spoke about would be uplifting.
Now, consider that wisdom quote: Beware of Bankers and Skunks. Who loves their bank today? Who’s happy with their interest payments, the accuracy of their credit card bills, the climbing interest rates, the mortgages (forgive the obscenity) the overdraft charges on top of overdraft charges. You could be one dollar over drawn and pay hundreds of dollars in overdraft fees.
The banker may want to help you. The poor soul probably has been in your shoes. He may be sleeping in his car because the bank doesn’t pay that well and his house is in foreclosure. But he can’t help you. The bankers job is to pass the buck.
He does not have the authority to pee.
So be compassionate. And if you really want to piss off the right party, like charity — it begins at home. Go home. Do not do business with banks that give you problems. Tootaloo. That’s it!
If they promised to give you an interest free credit card, and then charge you 21% interest because they claim your payment was late, and that’s not true, drop them. And only pay what you really owe when you want to pay it. Turn them over before they have a chance to damage your credit score. Write a letter to the bank (certified), the regulatory agencies. There’s all kinds of things we can do. We the people change the system.
Maybe the wisdom is not Beware of Bankers and Skunks, but be aware that the banking industry today stinks, and we need to clean it up beginning with our own personal accounts.
Go ahead, be a little naughty, like this:
Vivian Greene
Invest In Love inc
“All that is real is seen with the heart.”
© 2009 – 2011, Vivian Greene. All rights reserved.
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