I can understand the bank's position here. If the protesters had walked in with no signs and no camera, there wouldn't have been an issue, but they were looking to cause a scene one way or another.
The manager handled it poorly. She should have said that protesting on bank property is trespassing and sent them on their way. That would have been a nice legal standing. She could have also invited them into her office without the camera and closed their accounts. Unfortunately, she told them, on camera, that "You can't close your account because you are a protester.", which is slightly different. Then she asked someone to call 911 (WTF?). She then threatened to lock them in the bank, which is a crime in line with kidnapping in most places. She made herself look like a vindictive bitch and made corporate look like a bunch of assholes. I can't believe that in this era of event-straight-to-web that people think escalating a non-issue into an overinflated one will end well for them. On 10/13/2011 10:00 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Actually, one of the planks of this movement is to move money from the big > banks. A couple of protesters in Santa Cruz went into the BoA branch there > to close their accounts and were not allowed to do so. They were told that > they could not be customers and protesters at the same time. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
