Wednesday, September 2, 2009

No Arms No Service

TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida man born without arms says a Tampa bank would not let him cash a check because he couldn't provide a thumbprint.
Steve Valdez didn't have an account at a Bank of America location in downtown Tampa, where he tried to cash a check from his wife last week. However, Valdez has prosthetic arms and is unable to provide a thumbprint. He says he presented two forms of identification but was still denied.
He says a bank manager told him he could either come back to the bank with his wife or open an account himself.
Bank of America spokeswoman Nicole Nastacie says the bank has apologized to Valdez. Nastacie says the bank should have "offered alternative requirements if an individual is not able to give a thumbprint."

So exactly what the f*ck were they thinking. Did they think he cut his arms off before he got there to scam them? We have to realize that in this perfect world we live in, there are actually people here with handicaps. No matter if it's a birth defect, the result of an accident, or one of those people on world's most dangerous...we have to have alternative methods that can accommodate everyone.

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