I used to work for a bank....
For a while I fixed banking computers for Lloyds-TSB. Despite doing the job for a year, it has given me a wealth of stories to tell. These are pretty geeky, but highlights include...

Opening a 4704 (a big old banking computer) to upgrade it to a massive 512KB of RAM (yes... really). Inside I found dust bunnies the size of my face and a wodge of old oncers which someone had helpfully stuffed in there.

Walking into a staff break room. The branch was entirely staffed by women and they'd "decorated" the walls with cut outs from magazines. All the pictures were of semi-naked guys with long black hair. I am a (fully clothed) guy with long black hair. I've never felt more uncomfortable in my life.

Watching a series of ATMs being "upgraded" to Windows - then having to wire them up to a token ring network. This was 2002!

Finally, I was in a branch at the end of the day - the chief cashier had forgotten to order any fivers for delivery in the morning. So she popped over to HSBC to see if they could order extra.
The next morning, I watched her fill a Sainsbury's carrier bag with £50 notes, walk across the street and return a few minutes later with a couple of bags of fivers. Security? Yeah, they'd heard of it!

Never trust a bank with anything. Keep your money in your mattress.
(Terry, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:32, 4 replies)

"Keep your money in your mattress"
I used to do this, but then I got a bit paranoid, so I decided to keep my mattress in the bank.

I don't sleep so good no more.
( TheMagicDwarf is back like ballroom dancing, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:36, closed)

windows 3.11 presumably
I used to sniff rings for a living, until they moved to ethernet. Proper ethernet that is - yellow and half an inch in diameter.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:43, closed)

you used to sniff rings for a living
too....many....jokes....must....insult....*overloads*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:59, closed)

I had my card retained once
late at night in an ATM at a (closed) petrol station. I put it in the slot, typed my PIN, then watched as the machine reset itself complete with Windows startup screen...
(WillI'mNot logs in twice a year, every year, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 2:10, closed)