I love my bank. By that I don’t mean, “I love the huge corporate entity to which my bank is affixed.” I could not care less about about the huge corporate entity.

What I mean is I love the branch at which we bank. I love that I can walk to it so I can take in some sunshine and capture photographs as I meander over to deposit a check ¹. I love that the people who work there know me by name and enjoy chatting about everyday life as my deposits are processed. I love that to them I’m a person, and I love that they are people to me as well.

Yesterday, in fact, I lived a wonderful example of why I love my bank. When I walked through the door one of the tellers ² saw me, plastered on an over-large smile, and cheerily uttered, “Good afternoon, and thank you for coming to [bank name] today!” I chuckled.

The second teller laughed and said, “Everyone you say that to laughs.”

The first teller smirked and shrugged. “It’s just Wes, he’s all right.”

I grinned and handed over my checks for deposit. As I waited I looked up and said, “So do you all have any plans for the weekend?”

The teller handling my deposit said, “Just taking it as it comes.”

The other tellers agreed this was the best way to take a weekend, but then the third teller added, “I do want to see that movie, though.”

“Which movie?” I asked. “Age of Ultron?”

She smiled and nodded, “Oh yah, that’s the one.”

“I saw it last night, they actually had early shows so I went with my kids!”

At this, all the jaws of all three tellers dropped and the third said, “If I only knew. Was it good?”

I assured her that it was very good, and that James Spader stole the show with an excellent portrayal of Ultron. I then asked, “But did you happen to see Daredevil?”

The third teller nodded. “Yes, it was good, but it was so dark.”

“Well Ultron doesn’t take itself too seriously, you’ll like it.”

Then the first teller asked, “So what do you think of Batman vs. Superman?”

“I was worried until I saw the first real trailer, now I think it has potential. I was worried about Ben Affleck as Batman, to tell the truth.”

The third teller jumped in, “Me too, and I didn’t know why they’d be fighting. But my son told me why.”

The second teller jumped in, “Yah, Batman has a plan to take down Superman if he goes bad.”

“Ohhh,” chimed in the first teller.

At this point, I’m just happy to being having a discussion about super heroes with the ladies who process my banking, so I went for broke. “What I’m really excited for is the upcoming Star Wars. My daughter has a plan that we’ll all go to the midnight show wearing Star Trek red shirts.”

All three tellers smiled ³. Teller three chimed in first, “I love that, I wish my kids would let me dress up to go to the movies but they forbid it.”

Teller two then quipped, apparently inspired by the mention of dressing up in cosplay, “I’m still trying to get tickets to Comicon.”

Teller one handed me my deposit receipt and said, “Have an great weekend.”

I love my bank.