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101. They didn't put a hold on the check. They refused to accept it.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #62)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 10:43 AM

Feb 2022

They're being sued because they DIDNT follow standard practice.

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A young black doctor accused of fraud & refused service when she tried to deposit her [View all] tblue37 Feb 2022 OP

Disgusting, unconscionable, hope she sues their ignorant ass. MLAA Feb 2022 #1

She is suing. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #85

Good! I hope she wins big too. I hope even more that a strong message is sent to liberalla Feb 2022 #88

but of course, a black woman can't have a legal means of having a check that large...(sarcasm) Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #2

There was a thread on here earlier Diamond_Dog Feb 2022 #3

This is exactly why they "grouse about woke culture" Caliman73 Feb 2022 #5

A question I like to ask white people... orwell Feb 2022 #13

Good question. Caliman73 Feb 2022 #14

Chris Rock says it in his act. Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #25

Plus 1,000,000 orwell Feb 2022 #47

Paul Mooney once said - everybody wants to be a black man, but nobody WANTS to be a black man. Probatim Feb 2022 #49

I can hear his voice saying that. Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #50

I remember the complaints about how old the article was, like somehow this shit doesn't happen... Lancero Feb 2022 #98

This pisses me off to no end JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #4

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #10

Two educated, strong black women are going to be the ones taking down the Trump Crime Family OMGWTF Feb 2022 #45

I delight in that JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #46

Disgusting and sad, but not surprising. MineralMan Feb 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Feb 2022 #7

Here we go again malaise Feb 2022 #8

Were someone to walk in with a paper bag filled with $16K in crumpled $10s and $20s . . . Journeyman Feb 2022 #9

Exactly right FakeNoose Feb 2022 #12

Using the ATM is good advice, except that's sort of hiding from ... Whiskeytide Feb 2022 #16

True, she needed to open the account in person first FakeNoose Feb 2022 #61

Oh cool IbogaProject Feb 2022 #75

Put on white face elias7 Feb 2022 #83

Why should anybody have to do that? yardwork Feb 2022 #87

It's for convenience FakeNoose Feb 2022 #97

You wrote the following: yardwork Feb 2022 #99

Nope. A white guy in a suit wouldn't be told to "start small" so as not to elicit suspicion, Rabrrrrrr Feb 2022 #91

As white people, we MUST speak up when we see this. yardwork Feb 2022 #100

THIS malaise Feb 2022 #21

I think what that would do is put the issue back under the carpet with all the other dust and dirt. Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #40

Amen. benfranklin1776 Feb 2022 #105

My bank puts a hold on any check over a couple thousand. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #18

Yes of course, it's just standard procedure FakeNoose Feb 2022 #62

As jeez. This goes way beyond putting a hold on a deposited check. Solomon Feb 2022 #71

They didn't put a hold on the check. They refused to accept it. yardwork Feb 2022 #101

My bank . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 2022 #69

"when a hold can be put on a check until it clears it seems unnecessarily paranoid," cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #73

I think you are misunderstanding the sentence. niyad Feb 2022 #77

I certainly might be. cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #82

Exactly! forgotmylogin Feb 2022 #106

Can you imagine this bs? DeeNice Feb 2022 #11

It's not difficult to verify checks, is it? Sapient Donkey Feb 2022 #15

Direct deposit would have been even easier COL Mustard Feb 2022 #22

She was there to open an account Beaverhausen Feb 2022 #28

I get it COL Mustard Feb 2022 #31

With a new bank? CloudWatcher Feb 2022 #35

Could be COL Mustard Feb 2022 #36

So this is all her fault? Beaverhausen Feb 2022 #43

Didn't say it's her fault at all COL Mustard Feb 2022 #48

I'm curious why she didn't already have a bank account? BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #60

New job. New in town? Hekate Feb 2022 #67

She had just moved there because of her new job. yardwork Feb 2022 #89

A lot of places it takes at least a pay cycle for the direct deposit NYC Liberal Feb 2022 #51

That may be true. COL Mustard Feb 2022 #52

Wrong. I just received my first pension check in the mail. It had to be deposited. yardwork Feb 2022 #90

You're a retired Fed? COL Mustard Feb 2022 #93

Who said I was a Fed? yardwork Feb 2022 #94

The last few accounts I've opened, I've done it all online. Sapient Donkey Feb 2022 #53

I'm not completely sure about that .. electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #65

We know that with USAA, my son's husband opened his new account remotely. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #86

Anyone should be able to go open an account in prrson AllyCat Feb 2022 #95

Who is saying otherwise? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #96

Think I got lost in the thread AllyCat Feb 2022 #103

It happens to me constantly. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #104

I'm sure it would be, but people should be able to do it in person if they want Sapient Donkey Feb 2022 #54

Exactly. A lot of people seem to be missing this point. yardwork Feb 2022 #102

Only Treasury checks can be verified up front Generic Brad Feb 2022 #92

Glad she's suing! calimary Feb 2022 #17

Ali they had to do was accept the check, put a hold on the account and verify her employment. patphil Feb 2022 #19

They prefer that to treating a black person with respect. roody Feb 2022 #41

Sue them for millions I don't know the number 16 popped into my head. Take the 16 million & retire. usaf-vet Feb 2022 #20

Will it be a violation of state law if a teacher brings this up in a Texas school? Jim__ Feb 2022 #23

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2022 #24

Chase, I hate Chase. They screwed up mortgages so badly I went to Washington Mutual... CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #26

Their telephone computer was hilarious ... CloudWatcher Feb 2022 #38

I'm white, now I never had a mortage and other big fancy stuff... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #66

Not the first and won't be the last... Chicago1980 Feb 2022 #27

Dump your Wall Street bank and go to a local one or better yet, a credit union. OMGWTF Feb 2022 #29

They could have opened her account and waited for funds to clear. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #30

I posted this in the other bank story this morning ... aggiesal Feb 2022 #32

So creepy and distasteful for them to treat her that badly. Emile Feb 2022 #33

This is the second thread on a Banking While Black event peggysue2 Feb 2022 #34

But, it's not institutional lame54 Feb 2022 #37

Not economically viable... lame54 Feb 2022 #39

Seattle. 2016. Key Bank refused to believe architect's paycheck was real. Who was a cbabe Feb 2022 #42

where people were llashram Feb 2022 #44

We knew he was Hideous Man (racist, sexist, ubergteedy) here in NYC... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #58

FU Bank. Are more of these just coming to light to us white folks? Here's this Professional... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #55

They are going to be really sorry mahina Feb 2022 #56

Not to mention the settlement for discrimination. tblue37 Feb 2022 #57

This too! mahina Feb 2022 #59

Sugar Land is Tom DeLay country CatWoman Feb 2022 #63

And he'll always be their sugar peppertree Feb 2022 #70

Wouldn't it be wonderful phylny Feb 2022 #64

Felony DWB in progress! peppertree Feb 2022 #68

Beyond belief Picaro Feb 2022 #72

WTF is going on? Refused to open an account? spanone Feb 2022 #74

The more prosperous and educated blacks become the more they endure aggression. nt live love laugh Feb 2022 #76

I hope she gets a lot more than the $1M she is asking for. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #78

I know she will win her case and likely receive a large settlement check. I HOPE she opens her acct napi21 Feb 2022 #79

Sue the goddamned fuck out of those fucking fucks Blue Owl Feb 2022 #80

This story, especially combined with the other obne, soldierant Feb 2022 #81

Jesus H.... Didn't these stupid bastards ever watch PCIntern Feb 2022 #84