CL wrote:
> John W. wrote:
>
> > And I'd wager the average US bank is much more friendly and willing to
> > help than the average Japanese bank, on the whole anyway. The fact that
> > ATMs are open when most people need them by itself puts US banks ahead
> > of their Japanese counterparts in terms of convenience.
>
> Friendly is relative.  I have never had a person walk up behind me at an
> ATM in Japan with his right hand stuck in the pocket of his warmup
> jacket and say something like "Yo', dude, how much we takin' out today?"
> 
But that's hardly the bank's fault. 

John W.