Do you divulge TMI and/or engage in small talk with the bank teller?

I have never divulged any info to a bank teller unless it was pertinent to the transaction. This concept is strange to me. THEY WORK FOR ME!

I bank online so as to avoid talking to the teller mainly because every time I go into my local branch they try to sell me some loan or credit card I don’t want or need

Try a stiff, British silence with a look of admonition on your face. Then, after a very distinct pause, say “I never discuss my finances with outsiders. I’d like that in twenties please.”

I live in a small town of 400+. We’ve banked here for years. We know the bank branch manager & the 2 tellers VERY well. Have for years. We talk about everything & anything. When I go in there, I know it’s going to be a while, because we just stand & talk. They’re friends. I can’t say that I’ve ever heard anything personal about anyone else in there if someone’s ahead of me. I’ll just take my time & then we’ll talk after they leave. They are all friends, but also very professional when they need to be. I trust them explicitly. If we banked at a big corporative bank where we didn’t know them, then I’d feel differently I’m sure.

Never had this happen, although I have talked with people at the bank about this and that while waiting for them to do something.

I’ve never said a word about anything more in depth than the weather to my bank teller, and I’ve never had a teller pry.

I always though it was hair dressers and dry cleaners who had all the inside goods.

Hmmm. Perhaps I just look a bit too intimidating for most people to ask me personal questions? ; ))

I rarely go into a bank anymore. (my husband deals with all the banking)

I have heard people ahead of me in line divulging a lot of TMI with the tellers. My mother used to be a teller, she said people that come into banks are just insane. She even had a stalker once who would leave flowers on her car. In my experience, it’s usually the elderly who seem to dviulge every tidbit to anyone that has to listen to them for any sort of extended time. My grandmother is like this wherever we go..even restaurants.

There’s typically no talking involved when I show them the bags of money with $ symbols crudely pasted onto them, then demand they fill said bags up.

As a cashier (which is like a bank teller, but with less respect), I was often accosted by customers who very much wanted to give me heaping piles of TMI on a platter. It’s made me far less likely to do such a thing to someone on the other side of any counter.

The tellers in my town are very friendly and usuallyu strike up a conversation.They even bought my cat treats for when we go through the drive thru.There is only one that gets too personal.A blank stare when she asks something usually makes her quit..until next time ;)

I do go in to my bank and know a number of the tellers, but have never had them probe for details.

Ha! No. In Brooklyn, tellers don’t want to make small talk with you. “It’s almost time for my break, so let’s hurry this up” is their usual mode.

I love chatting with my bank tellers..I know all of them all by name, and I really enjoy going to the bank and getting to see them, but they never ask me about my transactions, and I would be pretty unhappy it if they did. That’s not okay.

@La_chica_gomela I guess I don’t get “but they never ask me about my transactions”. What would be to ask? They should be able to see what you want. My tellers know about every dime that goes in & out of our accounts. I guess that’s just small town banking business.

@jbfletcherfan: Well, the types of things the OP referred to in the question:

“The guy ahead of me for an example caved. He wound up answering a series of questions pertaining to his transaction that were none of the teller’s business, then topping it off with an admission that his wife was not happy about how the money was being spent.”

That sort of thing. Exactly what the OP asked. What’s so hard to understand?

@La_chica_gomela Whoa! Be careful there.

jbfletcherfan: Be careful with what?

Just hi hello how are you except for once when a couple of the tellers were talking about smelly money when I cam up. One of them pushed a pile of bills over to another and said “smell it!” The other teller said “No way!” I looked intrigued so one of the tellers said “This money smells bad and we’re trying to guess what this guy’s job is.” I ventured, “Auto mechanic?” They said no, then looked embarrassed I had overheard the conversation.