Comment By Bank Employee Bothering Me

[MidwesternGal]

I just went to the bank, and as I was being helped, I tried to make small talk with the cashier, Nancy. This is a fairly small town, and usually Nancy is pretty helpful, all smiles, and polite.

However, when I commented on the weather, and how my workplace is quite hot in the morning, she just looked at me, and as serious and FLAT as can be, she said: "Well, there's no rest for the wicked now, is there?" And then she didn't even crack a smile, which she does if it's a joke. . . .

It just really bothered me. I was just like, "Um, guess not."

I probably am making more than this than it is, but it really bothered me. Next time I go in, I don't want her to help me, and I really REALLY want to make a comment w/in her hearing about me being "wicked" but I know that's just childish.

Thanks for listening!!

[Chimichanga]

I'd write a letter to the branch manager.

While I"m sure it was a one-time incident, it still made you feel bad. And, as you mentioned, you will not go back to her window.

I know those small town banks - usually everyone is cheerful and if they aren't they still aren't rude like that.

sorry to hear you had just a bad experience. :(

[Rose]

*I* would just let it go. If she is normally very nice & helpful maybe she was just having an off day.

[sublime311]

Ugh! How ugly was that?! There's just no place for sarcasm in customer service.

She seems to have a problem that doesn't have anything to do with you. Write it off to jealousy or a bad day - somebody peed in her cherrios today!

[lml41981]

Strange...the saying isn't even "wicked." It is "weary." Maybe she just fumbled her words...

[Witty Username]

It's possible you're misinterpreting the saying or she is. I don't think she meant you were the "wicked" one.


Strange...the saying isn't even "wicked." It is "weary." Maybe she just fumbled her words...

Actually it's both, but "wicked" is the original, which came from: Isaiah 57:21

Either way I don't think the bank teller meant it to be offensive.

[DiscoDiva]

I'd let it go. It does sound like she was just having a bad day.

[Asha]

i think that it is a misunderstanding. i don't think she meant you were wicked. i think she meant the hot weather is wicked and it isn't take a rest meaning its not letting up. she could have expressed herself better, but maybe she is getting not rest from the wickedly hot weather either.

[kam]

I'd let it go.

[wendalah]

I agree with rebjc. I don't think she meant you specifically. She may even have been alluding to it being "hot as hell" in a more pleasant manner. (Wicked=Devil=lives in a hot hot hot place.)

[miaclear]

I agree that she probably meant the weather was wicked, hot as hell, etc. Not that you are wicked. But then I wasn't there. But then again there are times I've said something to someone in passing and realized that it didn't come out like I meant it. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Give her another chance :)

[MidwesternGal]

Thanks for listening to me vent!

I wasn't really going to actually *do* anything about it, it just seemed like such a weird comment coming from a bank teller, you know? It really threw me off.

My DH went in later, and said she was pleasant to him.

She must have just been worked up about something else when I came in.

I just have never had anyone say anything that came off so rather. . . oddly. I just wasn't sure how to take it!

Thanks all!! I'll just blow it off!

[Georgiana]

That comment can be taken in so many ways. I would let it go too... But before I do I would have thrown the comment back in her face by asking her what did she mean by wicked.....

..But that's just me.... ;)

[BTB]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with you. :)

Sometimes people just get sick of the weather, but sicker still of trying to figure out what to say when someone brings it up.... AGAIN. People in service professions hear all day long, "hey, hot enough for ya?" "ooh, it's a scorcher" and on and on. Not that that's not part of their job, not that it should be anything more than just mildly grating, and not that if it is any more annoying, that they ought to let you know. But hey, I'll bet she was just having a bad day, and was dying to say, "yep, in late July. Who'da thunkit?" but didn't. :D