(Martin wrote:-) I still like the idea of organizing "International
Honesty Day" - a date (I suggest April 1st) when as many folks in the world as
can be persuaded to do so ask to withdraw their deposits from the bank in cash
"just to make sure they are there". It might be educational.
(Joe replies:-) If I recall correctly, the small
print in the back of my old, original Bank of Montreal passbook stated
that the Bank had up to seven days to come up with the cash. In any
case, with what they nick us in service fees now to make a
withdrawal, coupled with a further hit when we re-deposit it after our
'protest' is over, they'd probably be laughing "all the way to the Bank!"
I no longer have my old passbook, but I do still
have a little booklet that the B of M gave every new depositor when they
opened an account with them back in the early 1960's. It is truly
amazing how many services provided then, in the pre-computer era, by a Bank
full of people, were 'free'.