Hi Ed,
Thank you for the compliment!
(Yeshiva training really pays off for arguing logically.)
Now that I'm telling bank stories (this should really be a separate
thread) ...
At the same bank ...
One day (1990), a colleague comes over and asks for help with his batch
job failing.
I looked at it and noticed that he was running the Sterling Forest Put
Edit facility. (I had not needed to run this for several years.)
I explained to him that since the advent of ++HOLD "cards", this was no
longer necessary and a total waste of time.
He said: "Yeah, but, the Group Leader said it had to be done."
I took a deep breath and walked with him over to the Group Leader's desk.
Me: "Excuse me for asking, but, why are you asking your colleague to
waste time on this useless activity?"
GL: "Ah ... you do not understand banking. We have always done it this way."
I rolled my eyes at the TL and then promptly left.
Later, when my colleague and I were out of sight and earshot of the TL,
my colleague said that the TL said: "Don't talk to David anymore."
(I gave this GL "Dino" as a nickname because they were busy barking
orders all day long and reminded me of The Flintstones' character.)
(I always say about banks (and I've worked at a bunch) that if they were
even slightly intelligent, how much more they could earn for their
shareholders.)
Regards,
David
On 2023-03-14 21:44, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 3/14/2023 6:05 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Ed,
I knew that there were means of ensuring integrity and that's why I
asked the question.
It was a brilliant question!
His ignorance about why he should trust tape was the same reason he
distrusted the communication line.
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