Nap Time

After reading about a bank in Austria that is trying to increase productivity by making daily 20 minute naps mandatory, I realized this is not new. At least here in Canada it isn't that new a concept. ATM machines have flooded our country like a tide. They are everywhere from banks themselves to convenes shops and gas stations. Banking has now become more "convenient" than ever. Unless you actually need a banker.

I think they are actually asleep most of the day and only wake up for 20 minute intervals. I have made the foolish error of trying to actually set foot in a bank at the end of a week. Apparently the service and pleasantness of the good old bank I knew and loved were washed away in the flood of technology along with the staff. My assumption is that they couldn't possibly have only one teller on staff, so the others must have been having their bank sanctioned naps.

Possibly they are stored in the vault, cryogenically frozen like a cheesy science fiction movie. When the only teller on duty begins to crack under the pressure they revive another one. This gives the patrons false hope when a second window opens up. This hope is smashed like so much fine crystal when the original teller is returned to their cryo tube for another session.

This would also account for the fact that banks seem to be way out of touch with modern customers and their needs as well. It's getting that bad that I think soon there will be wristbands given out for the bank like there are when a major concert is selling tickets.

Well I'm off with my sleeping bag to secure my place in line for this week's banking session.

Wish me luck.