Monetary motivation

I guess money does talk. The whole week I've been waiting for reimbursement checks for my chiro visits. Well they finally arrived today and sure enough, I quickly jump in the shower and get ready to deposit them at my banks. Until I remember the reason why I hate going to the banks.

No, it is not having to stand in line to make my deposits, that's not why. The reason I'm afraid to go into a bank these days is the rash of hold ups that happen each week here in SoCal. In fact the one I fear the most is this guy called the "Geezer Bandit" because he is dressed like an old guy, sometimes toting an oxygen tank with him as he holds up the bank. Now, I'm not too afraid to go one of my banks because it has 'bandit doors' set up which detect concealed weapons, but most of all prevents more than one person from leaving or entering the bank at a time - you can't just run in or out of the doors otherwise I think you actually are detained between the two entry doors. Pretty neat. My other bank, which is right across the street, doesn't have this new technology (they told me it is probably because the first bank I mentioned gets robbed a lot - actually not b/c I happen to know that almost all stand alone branches for that bank have this installed, come on, loss prevention! and safety for it's employees), so I worry the most whenever I have to go to this second bank. But, time is money, and the money needs to be deposited, so I should just go and take my chances, I guess. I haven't seen anything in the news lately about the "Geezer Bandit" and I think the last time he hit was about three weeks ago at a different bank in my community, so he's probably not going to hit another bank around here, but you never know.