Bank of America: No Arms? No Cash.

I feel a lawsuit coming on...

No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man

Reuters said: MIAMI (Reuters) - A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint. "They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, 'Well, obviously you can't give us a thumbprint'," Steve Valdez told CNN on Wednesday. But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a check drawn on his wife's account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs. In the incident last week, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the check without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them. "I told them I neither wanted an account with them and couldn't bring my wife in because she was nowhere close by," Valdez told CNN. Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations." Valdez said his treatment by the bank violated the U.S. Americans with Disability Act requiring institutions to provide reasonable accommodation to disabled persons.

Too bad he couldn't give that teller the finger.

Or a toeprint to the temple.

boa = ass

I bet he'll win his lawsuit handily.

I agree hands down.

Wowak wrote: I bet he'll win his lawsuit handily.

very true, and justifiably so

The bank didn't "hand"le this too well

"oh you got a case!!"

I want to know when we suddenly got stupid.

That's the thing, Bill. It wasn't a sudden thing. It has been so gradual that we hardly ever notice until an especially stupid outlier like this pops up. The enstupiding has been gradual. Insidious.

Appleseed wrote: Too bad he couldn't give that teller the finger.

I wonder if a prosthetic hand could made to do that?

alex wrote: That's the thing, Bill. It wasn't a sudden thing. It has been so gradual that we hardly ever notice until an especially stupid outlier like this pops up. The enstupiding has been gradual. Insidious.

How many times did you have to stop typing so you could breathe?

hands down that is the most stupid thing I have heard. I know I will NOT cash a cheque from BoA simply because I do not want to leave a thumbprint. I will take it across the street to my bank and wait a couple of days for the cash to get deposited to my account first

spitfirebill wrote: I want to know when we suddenly got stupid.

Right around the time we voted W to be our president, or actually didn't vote for him but let him be president anyway.

We've been stupid for a lot longer than that. Lot loooooonnnngger.

Appleseed wrote: We've been stupid for a lot longer than that. Lot loooooonnnngger.

Yep. Our willingness to vote for completely incompetent politicians (from both parties) is a symptom, not a cause.

stupid is as stupid does

Its unfortunate Bofa has such a hands on approach to check cashing. I'd like to give this man a hand for standing up for himself against such a stupidly applied policy. I'll be here all night.

I read this title differently.

However, something is fishy. It sounds more like "We won't cash a check on your wife's account (no doubt signed by her) without her present" and less like "We hate you because you have no arms."

I'm not sure how much indignation I can get worked up out of this.

bus...??? just thinking

even Asheville has a mass transit system...

therex wrote: I read this title differently. However, something is fishy. It sounds more like "We won't cash a check on your wife's account (no doubt signed by her) without her present" and less like "We hate you because you have no arms." I'm not sure how much indignation I can get worked up out of this.

Well I finally read the whole article and feel about the same as you. I had heard the story earlier on the news and they cut out the stuff that ruins a good news story.