Thought youd enjoy my adventures into banking while on Utila-Jan 2005
You learn pretty quickly that a trip to the bank is not for one in a hurry. You also learn to take a book. Most of the time you can count on being in line for at least 2 hours, sometimes longer.
When you first enter the bank, the line up is back to the door. There is a zig zag pattern in the floor tiles that you line up on and follow. After waiting for quite a while with the line moving very slowly, you start to think you are finally making some progress and getting closer to the counter, just as things look good for it being your turn, a senior citizen comes in, and goes directly to the front of the line, well ok, thats not too bad, although they take 45 min. to do their banking. Once done, your hopes are up again, nope, a pregnant gal comes in, and yes moves to the front of the line. Hmmm.
Shes now done, hopes rise.
The door opens and in comes a young guy on crutches ... To the head of the line he does go . As were now passing the 2 hr mark, this can be a little frustrating to say the least. All I can say is that if and when I am finally done and I go outside and see that guy walking up the street to give his buddy his crutches for his turn, and I get a hold of him, he will be needing those crutches for sure by the time Im done with him!
Such are the adventures of banking on Utila, I will never complain about line ups here at home again.
You learn pretty quickly that a trip to the bank is not for one in a hurry. You also learn to take a book. Most of the time you can count on being in line for at least 2 hours, sometimes longer.
When you first enter the bank, the line up is back to the door. There is a zig zag pattern in the floor tiles that you line up on and follow. After waiting for quite a while with the line moving very slowly, you start to think you are finally making some progress and getting closer to the counter, just as things look good for it being your turn, a senior citizen comes in, and goes directly to the front of the line, well ok, thats not too bad, although they take 45 min. to do their banking. Once done, your hopes are up again, nope, a pregnant gal comes in, and yes moves to the front of the line. Hmmm.
Shes now done, hopes rise.
The door opens and in comes a young guy on crutches ... To the head of the line he does go . As were now passing the 2 hr mark, this can be a little frustrating to say the least. All I can say is that if and when I am finally done and I go outside and see that guy walking up the street to give his buddy his crutches for his turn, and I get a hold of him, he will be needing those crutches for sure by the time Im done with him!
Such are the adventures of banking on Utila, I will never complain about line ups here at home again.
