Scolded for taking a Dum-Dum! (person, member, children, business)
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I just left the bank where I went inside and deposited money with the teller. They have always had an open jar of suckers within reach, and I like suckers, so I took one as I have in the past. The teller, whom I've never seem before, said with a stern look "aren't you too old for that?" I didn't say anything and put it back.
I felt like an idiot, but it wasn't the last sucker and there was nothing to indicate it was for kids only. It just seems so silly to scold someone for a sucker in an open space.
WTF?
I am 38 and my bank *knows* that I am gonna want a dum dum. I have never heard anyone anywhere (including the pediatricians' office) say a darn thing about our taking one freakin' piece of candy.
My previous credit union (in another state, so not possible to visit) used to put out fresh cookies on Friday. When I came in they would encourage me to have a cookie. I would try to visit Friday morning and get one or two before people got germs on them
University of Iowa Community Credit Union, for anyone that lives near there
I'm about 30. I didn't have any concerns about eating their cookies. For heaven's sake, they put out a large plate (20 to 40 cookies) on a Friday morning. There were very few children. They were there for the adults.
PS. A good sense of humor is a must for a bank teller. I would go in with a few hundred in ones and fives and ask them to count it and deposit it. Then I would tell them I got a new job stripping to help pay the bills. (I'm a man, with a beard, but I was handing them hundreds in ones so it was hard to disbelieve) By the time they got back from the counting machine, one of their coworkers would've told them I was the vendor and the money was from my change machines. It usually got a big smile out of them.
BTW. This is in non-romantic relationships. I had read the title and thought this was friends and family scolding the OP for taking a stupid person under their roof. Oh well, I was being a bit dumb on that.
BTW. This is in non-romantic relationships. I had read the title and thought this was friends and family scolding the OP for taking a stupid person under their roof. Oh well, I was being a bit dumb on that.
That made me spew coffee. You owe me a keyboard. LOL
BTW. This is in non-romantic relationships. I had read the title and thought this was friends and family scolding the OP for taking a stupid person under their roof. Oh well, I was being a bit dumb on that.
That's why I wanted to read this thread. Should have known it was candy! "Taking a dum-dum..." hmm... Anyway my first inclination was to say that the teller was joking but is not Miss Personality and the joke came out wrong. Then again I recall a recent retail interaction with a woman of a certain age... Plus I work with a lot of women like that too... You know the longer I live the less I understand people. The candy jar is out for everyone; I do not partake but my husband does every chance he gets.
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We all can be "dum"
Anyway my first inclination was to say that the teller was joking but is not Miss Personality and the joke came out wrong. Then again I recall a recent retail interaction with a woman of a certain age... Plus I work with a lot of women like that too... You know the longer I live the less I understand people. 
The candy jar is out for everyone; I do not partake but my husband does every chance he gets.
