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#148815 - 01/13/04 01:08 PM
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It's the blue plastic copy of a microfish (or however you spell that). Is there even microfish anymore? Is that even the way you spell microfish? Is a microfish a little tiny itsy bitsy fish?
Have I been drinking on Friday again? heh heh
Yes Dawnie, we still have the blue copy of microfiche!  We'll get imaging some day! 
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#148817 - 01/13/04 01:33 PM
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What about copy machines where you had to use a piece of developer paper for each page and do the copies one at a time. (Only allowed to use to copy documents from others. All copies of internal documents were made with carbon paper.) Also the drive in trays were manual and there were no "tubes" so you could only have one drive in, or you had to have a teller booth at each drive in if you wanted multiple lanes.
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#148819 - 01/13/04 03:21 PM
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More from Tex -
Working OT to handcount items and stuff statements
Going to proof to review film to look for my outages (I did this way too many times)
Running the Central Vault (Do banks have central vaults anymore)
Having to wear the 'branch tie' if I forgot mine (when I was a student - now it's all business casual)
Oh those were the days!!!-
I really love this thread
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#148820 - 01/13/04 03:32 PM
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ExGovtBabe,
You forgot hauling around a trunk full of those regulation books, manuals, workpapers, etc. that are now contained on a CD or two.
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#148821 - 01/13/04 03:34 PM
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Is a microfish a little tiny itsy bitsy fish?
Have I been drinking on Friday again? heh heh
Ahhhhh, microfish. Pretty good when they are fresh and rolled in a nice, light batter. I prefer Louisiana microfish.
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#148822 - 01/13/04 04:48 PM
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Glass ceilings Pink collar ghettos Automatically earning less than men in the same job Saying "I work in a bank" and always being asked "what branch are you a teller in?" Yeah, the good old days.... 
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#148823 - 01/13/04 04:50 PM
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I can remember when I started out... smoking at the teller window when we were balancing our drawers for the night! Ahh! I cannot even imagine that now.
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#148824 - 01/13/04 05:15 PM
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In 1976 we hired our first female loan officer. They put her in an outpost branch and refused to give her any support staff. Said she was capable of doing her OWN typing and filing. When ECOA passed ('75?) my boss who had been a lender since 1937, abruptly retired. Said he wasn't going to be forced to make loans to women. It's hard to believe these attitudes existed just a generation ago.
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#148826 - 01/13/04 05:34 PM
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And I remember in 1974, at mortgage closings the loan officer would instruct the couple with:
"OK, the next piece of paper you both need to sign is an affidavit that your wife will not get pregnant for the next 5 years."
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#148829 - 01/13/04 06:02 PM
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It was a tad before my time, but women had to take maternity leave as soon as they started to show they were pregnant. I can't imagine.
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#148830 - 01/13/04 06:24 PM
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man i feel way out of place... i don't really remember a time with out computers... never really used a type writer and only have vauge memories of carbon paper from elementary school. but i cannot imagine the trying to balance a teller drawer with out a computer!
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#148832 - 01/13/04 06:30 PM
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How many of our tellers today could successfully operate their cash drawer, and balance, if their computers were to be unavailable to them for one day?
Oh, the days of hand-writing and totaling tickets!!
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#148835 - 01/13/04 07:05 PM
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I remember when we use to use sea shells for change.
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#148836 - 01/13/04 07:34 PM
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I once worked for a small bank during the pre-RegZ days. We routinely made $100 loans for 30 days to mill workers. We charged a $10 minimum fee. Then along came Reg Z, and you guessed it, this computed to a simple APR of 120%. Freaked out our customers until we explained they were paying the same thing they always paid. Also, I would spend a lot of time filling out instalment loan forms along with the separate Reg Z disclosures by hand. After painfully trying to explain each and every entry as was required, the only response I ever got from a customer was "How much are my payments?" Not one ever asked me the interest rate.
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