Moving my money elsewhere
I went in the other day and waited in line for my turn. There were three or four people ahead of me and three teller stations were open. One teller had a woman sitting at her station as I entered, and another one had a man at her station. The third teller helped the people in line. When it was my turn, I went up with a few things to accomplish. I had to sign for a new account that I had opened online, and then I was going to make a withdrawal. A woman (I later learned she's a "banker" named Karina [sp?]) came out of her office and approached my teller. She never acknowledged me with eye contact or verbally; she simply spoke to the teller as I weren't there. She told the teller (who was efficient and pleasant), "You'll have to send her over there; there's a line." Indeed there were people waiting, but I must note that neither the woman nor the man who were still at the other two stations had their transactions interrupted or were told to move on. The teller told me Karina would help me and directed me toward the office, but instead of helping me, she walked over and started helping the teller at whose station the man was. I waited a couple of minutes and then excused myself, saying that she said she would help me. She said I'd have to wait a few minutes. I told her I had already waited. She said in a VERY condescending manner: "Ma'am, you just sat down." I left and went to the Vista branch, 10 miles away, so an extra 20 miles to my trip, where another pleasant and efficient teller completed what I needed done. When I called to complain, it took two days for someone to get back to me, and this person made efforts to smooth over what Karina had done. I know that nothing is going to happen to this rude employee, but I am closing my accounts (I had five) and moving them to another institution. While no one has ever been so rude before, the fact that they employ one person who has such poor customer service skills has turned me away.
21 July 2025
Unprompted review