June 3, 2008
Shouldn’t your bank’s ATM be representative of your bank?
I bank with BB&T. If you don’t know what BB&T is short for - it is Branch Banking & Trust. BB&T’s origins are in Wilson, NC. Wilson is a sleepy eastern Carolina town with deep agricultural roots. If you have ever known any true Tar Heels from eastern Carolina, then you know what their accent sounds like. Nite, lite, rite are good examples.
So what’s with the BB&T’s ATM at the corner of Broad and Gaskins? This ATM services BB&T’s clients with a clipped English accent. This just ain’t rite, when I need sum cash I don’t need to here dat my transactun is bein’ "pro’cessed." Just git me my money.