Is This Legal ?

Hi listers,

Today I finally took my siganture stamp to the big city (Bristol) for it’s first “test witdrawal”. I had used it at my own
branch several times with no problems, but there they know me and I am teir favorite disabled person who they have helped so much.

Boy is it different in the big city! A look of horror came over the cashier’s face as I stamped my signature. She then very curtly told me she had to see me sign the withdrawal slip. I tried to politely explain the problem and in fact that it was their local branch’s idea and they had even provided the stamp for me. No good though, even though I was not raising my voice in any way or showing any signs of annoyance she kept interrupting to just keep repeating “I cannot pay any withdrawal till I have actually seen you sign”. I swear blind she was looking up to the ceiling as she said it once and shaking her head. then from nowhere a very burly man in uniform arrived behind me, they obviously thought they had caught Ronnie Biggs.

Suffice to say, twenty minutes later I was walking out with profuse apologies from the moment a manager got involved. They were not at all aware of this particular set of disability issues and thanked me for alerting them over a cup of tea.

It is another example how the disabled are treated, we are way down the list of priorities. thanks to SAR78 for checking out the legality of it, that did come in handy at a worrying moment.

Call me an old cynic, but I really think the helpful manager might have been more motivated by the worry of negative publicity rather than any desire to help.

“Bank Berates Disabled”, would not have looked good in the local paper, the vision of a lot of wheelchair users camped outside with placards!

They did seem very nice people though, maybe I am being unfair.

Or am I?