Bank Held Up In Carindale
By Financial Reporter Corey Ander
POLICE are still searching for a middle aged man responsible for the hold up of a bank at Carindale yesterday.
It is alleged the man aged between 35-55, entered the Suncorp Metway branch at Westfield Carindale on Thursday morning and demanded to speak to the manager.
When a staff member informed the man that the manager was unavailable, he allegedly turned on one of the tellers and began to complain bitterly and demanded answers.
It was only when another teller fled to the staff room that police were contacted.
A witness of the hold up, who wished to remain anonymous, told Wit the man was out of control.
"He just wouldn't stop whinging," Jenny Blackmore of Carina said. "He just went on and on and on, cursing everything about the bank and its services. The man started saying people would die before they were served again and that none of the pens worked. He was just went off."
Another witness, Anthony Mitchell of Coorparoo, who also wished to remain anonymous said the hold up lasted for up to an hour.
"Things were getting a bit hairy after ten minutes or so," he said. "Because there was only one teller on, he let fly at her, wanting all sorts of things otherwise he said he would take things further. Nobody wanted that."
Among his demands were the scrapping of telephone banking, better quality of in-house pens and chain supplements, as well as a number of brochures on home and life insurance. The brochures were handed over to the man without delay.
"We all thought the hold up would end quickly, and that's why none of us did anything," Mr Mitchell said. "We thought it would pass. But after nearly an hour or so, the line up was out the door, and people started to get cranky. One person was in tears [of boredom]."
The man, wearing a black cardigan and creme trousers, fled on foot with the brochures, a transaction book and an apology from the teller. Police believed he was heading to Carina RSL.
Branch manager, Nick Emmerson, said hold-ups of this kind were regrettable and bad for all concerned.
"Nobody likes being held up at work," he said. "It's not like we've got all day to do things, like some people. We just don't have the staff to deal with people who crap on and on."
Mr Emmerson also said the offender, a long time patron of Suncorp, will be charged with a Branch Services Fee of $A2.50.
There has been no sighting of the man since the alleged hold up. However Carindale police did reveal they had located a 46-year-old woman, possibly the man's wife, who was driving a suspected 'getaway' car.
The woman was summoned to the local station, and is now assisting police with their crossword.
A security guard has been appointed at the bank branch, to ensure customers get to the point and move along.
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POLICE are still searching for a middle aged man responsible for the hold up of a bank at Carindale yesterday.
It is alleged the man aged between 35-55, entered the Suncorp Metway branch at Westfield Carindale on Thursday morning and demanded to speak to the manager.
When a staff member informed the man that the manager was unavailable, he allegedly turned on one of the tellers and began to complain bitterly and demanded answers.
It was only when another teller fled to the staff room that police were contacted.
A witness of the hold up, who wished to remain anonymous, told Wit the man was out of control.
"He just wouldn't stop whinging," Jenny Blackmore of Carina said. "He just went on and on and on, cursing everything about the bank and its services. The man started saying people would die before they were served again and that none of the pens worked. He was just went off."
Another witness, Anthony Mitchell of Coorparoo, who also wished to remain anonymous said the hold up lasted for up to an hour.
"Things were getting a bit hairy after ten minutes or so," he said. "Because there was only one teller on, he let fly at her, wanting all sorts of things otherwise he said he would take things further. Nobody wanted that."
Among his demands were the scrapping of telephone banking, better quality of in-house pens and chain supplements, as well as a number of brochures on home and life insurance. The brochures were handed over to the man without delay.
"We all thought the hold up would end quickly, and that's why none of us did anything," Mr Mitchell said. "We thought it would pass. But after nearly an hour or so, the line up was out the door, and people started to get cranky. One person was in tears [of boredom]."
The man, wearing a black cardigan and creme trousers, fled on foot with the brochures, a transaction book and an apology from the teller. Police believed he was heading to Carina RSL.
Branch manager, Nick Emmerson, said hold-ups of this kind were regrettable and bad for all concerned.
"Nobody likes being held up at work," he said. "It's not like we've got all day to do things, like some people. We just don't have the staff to deal with people who crap on and on."
Mr Emmerson also said the offender, a long time patron of Suncorp, will be charged with a Branch Services Fee of $A2.50.
There has been no sighting of the man since the alleged hold up. However Carindale police did reveal they had located a 46-year-old woman, possibly the man's wife, who was driving a suspected 'getaway' car.
The woman was summoned to the local station, and is now assisting police with their crossword.
A security guard has been appointed at the bank branch, to ensure customers get to the point and move along.
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Cory Ander is merely a name made up of words that represent the person who goes by that name. Cory Ander, the words, or name, is not Cory Ander, the person. Those words create a simulacra in which the person who is represented by the words ‘Cory’ and ‘Ander’ lives in. His other Wit experience includes being one of the two writers of The Writers - Barrington Veneer and also Woolworths To Venture Into Public Libraries.
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