Wanted Her Money Counted: Rush-Hour Post Office Scene
It was the rush hour when the elderly woman handed the oldfashioned money box to the busy teller in the Post Office Savings Bank. The box resembled nothing so much as a miniature castle, and it was with some difficulty that the teller opened it to begin the laborious task of counting the pennies, threepences and sixpennies it gave forth. ' It took time,, too, to asemble the coins into neat, orderly piles on the polished wooden counter.'Meanwhile . impatience grew 'in the lengthening queue behind the elderly woman. But at last the teller Lad the job completed. “Have you your bank book?” he asked. “No.” ~ ' ' “Do you want to make a deposit?” “No, thank you. I just wanted you to count the money for me. I’ll take it away now.” N Collapse of clerk!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 17, 31 March 1950, Page 5
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141Wanted Her Money Counted: Rush-Hour Post Office Scene Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 17, 31 March 1950, Page 5
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