This is weird.  I went to a Chase Bank branch to close an account and upon arriving I had to “sign in” to see a rep.  I took the clipboard and took a gander to see the list of people before me and what they were there for and about half were there to close accounts.   The other half were there to access their safe deposit boxes and as I sat and waited, more and more people were coming into the bank to see reps.   It looked like the classic scene from It’s A Wonderful Life except people weren’t going to see the teller.

It may be related to the fact that WAMU accounts have officially converted over to Chase banks and people were there to do what I did, close excess duplicate accounts but I don’t get the safe deposit box deal.   I must also state that about 90% of the people in the branch were Asian so maybe they got word from China that something big is going down?   Or maybe that’s the only branch that has Chinese/Vietnamese speaking reps, I don’t know…..

Oddly enough, when I left, people were waiting for my parking spot as the lot was full.  If you’ll recall this story, it’s the same bank branch that wasn’t giving out any loans so I don’t think people were there to borrow money unless they’ve suddenly changed their loan requirements.  It’s very odd indeed.