Coffee Table Declarations
Friday, May 02, 2003
 
I just went to the bank to order some new checks. As I was sitting at the customer service desk, just seconds after the woman helping me pulled my information up on the computer, the power suddenly went out. The woman looked up sharply and said "Oh this is not good, this is not good." My panic-stricken mind immediately jumped to the conclusion of some kind of an elaborate bank heist. About one minute later the power came back on. However, the banks computers look like they haven't been upgraded since 1985. It took approximately half an hour for them to come back on and work the way they were supposed to.

Meanwhile, a long line of people was growing as the tellers were at a standstill. The tension in the air was palpable. Suddenly, a burly looking man with a bellowing voice said "Is there some kind of problem here?" and then stormed over to one of the other customer service desks. Already feeling quite jumpy by this point, I watched him apprehensively. I couldn't hear the conversation he and the woman had, but the next thing I knew, they were hugging! It was a completely unexpected occurance. I'm left to wonder if they knew each other from before, or if going through something as traumatic as the bank losing power just naturally brings people together.
 
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