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Mothertrucker....fun memories of using those drive up tellers. when we had our dog in the car, he enjoyed it all too...and he'd get a doggie treat.
KittymomNC, I can only speak for myself, and I understand where you are coming from. None of my responses were directly directed at any one poster, or any one reply, although I may have quoted a post to use as context in my reply. At some point during the thread, I really wanted to understand what made it so important to continue to use slips with transactions, why was the absence of a slip and/or envelope so drastic, as from my perspective I cannot see the need. I see now that it has nothing to do with actual transaction processing, rather it's the ritual of doing something in a way that it has always been done, along with human interaction. Unfortunately, that ritual and human interaction is not needed in today's world to get to the bottom line, which is to get access to the account for a deposit/withdrawal. The cost to a company (bank in this case) is far deeper than just the teller at the window standing in front of the customer who wants to continue that way of life. Many don't understand how many hands needed to touch that paper transaction just so it would post properly to the customers account. Not only do they eliminate the teller, but all the other hands along the way. I know you'll all continue with that way for as long as you can, but reality is the times are changing...and changing very quickly. To think of how we've evolved over the last 60 years is what I think some posters were trying to point out (myself included) when making mention of former ways of doing things. Be it TV, cars, microwaves, lightbulbs, etc, now banking the way we do things will continue to evolve. Sometimes to the benefit of the user, sometimes to the benefit of the company on the back end of the user, and sometimes to the benefit of both involved.
Thanks, Lynnj. One thing I didn't mention might be kind of funny... many years ago I worked for one of the banks that was eventually bought by WF. I didn't work there long, because I realized very quickly that banking was not for me for many reasons. Previous to the WF purchase, it had merged with another bank but kept its name. And as it got larger, the personal service started going away.
It is not that we don't understand what has happened and will continue to happen... that's progress. But I still think that many of the changes are still so much more for the bank's profit and bottom line than it is about any added convenience for the customer, and it is going to cost a lot of jobs. And as I said before, those of us born in the early 40's have seen more drastic change in technology and society than any generation before or since, so I think we have a great deal of understanding about it - because we've actually lived all of it.
Contrary to what some here seem to think, I for one use technology to my best advantage... I don't actually go to the bank for anything more than once a month at most, and probably most of the time, only once in two or three months. I utilize direct deposit for everything except one small check that comes to me once a month, and I may not even bother to deposit or cash those until I have two or three of them. If I need cash, a lot of times I just get it as cash back at the grocery store since I have to go there anyway... that way I don't have to go to the bank at all. I really don't know why, if it's WF's way of doing business or not, but everything is slower there than it was prior to being bought by WF - inside, outside, the ATM, all of it. Even though once in a very great while I might actually go to the bank, I avoid it as much as I can. So my way of utilizing technology may be more efficient than people who are constantly going to the ATM.
Simply stated, I guess I'm old enough to remember when things were very different, and a lot of things were actually better in many ways, believe it or not. Society as a whole today has changed so much, and there is a lot of that which I don't like either. I have to accept it, just like everything else, but I don't have to like it. 
The last time I had a check to deposit I put it in the ATM and got a photo of the check on my receipt.
Frankly, I'm hard pressed to recall the last time I used a deposit slip ...... and am surprised they still make them! 
You're spinning your wheels trying to point out why it's advantageous to use an ATM or use online banking.
Some people still prefer to have human contact, or want to be responsible for paying their own bills by writing checks.
I know someone who still pays her monthly bills with cash. It takes her days to pay all her bills.
You're right! So right! I keep responding due to my 30-yr career as an Executive Customer Service associate....I feel like I'm failing when someone doesn't see the advantages of financial technology!! But it is what it is. =
What is advantageous to one person, is not necessarily so to another. Nothing is advantageous when it is the only way. There is too much chance of failure, and when there are still two ways (or more), there is more chance for things to continue running efficiently when one or another might fail.
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