“Good morning, sir. My name is Gunther, and I am North America’s Third District liaison for the World Bank Group.”
“Hi. Arlo Fidlap.”
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Fidlap. How can I help you today?”
“I wanna to open a checking account.”
“I’m sorry?”
“A checking account. One that comes with one of them debit cards.”
“I … don’t think you understand what we do here, Mr. Fidlap.”
“It’s bank, ain’t it?”
“We are a lending institution, but … we lend primarily to underdeveloped nations around the globe, for purposes of improving housing, education, health and infrastructure.”
“Well … my trailer got not heat, I dropped outa’ the third grade, my teeth is fallin’ out and they ain’t no roads so I drove my truck eight miles over dirt to get to the highway so I could come here.”
“I see … do you want plain checks or the ones with kittens on them?”