The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-17

are Of course much more intricate than thai
OF q teller, but the duties Of g teller require
that constant strain of mind upon few posi-
tive things that seem to be almost crushing
First OF all he must be intelligent, and know
his duties to o positive certainty he must be
quick at figures; an expert In moneys, he must
be able to recognize q forgery at 8 glance
and q. last OF all he must be thoroughly honest
IS primary essential, and yet consider
Ing the amount Of work imposed upon teller
In some OF the leading banks Of this city, how
can 1t be expected that he will escape making
fn1stakes9 For instance, a receiving teller in
q, leading bank Of this city receives no less
than an average Of one hundred and seventy
! five deposits daily, ranging in amount from
20 70 S2Qqo. He handles, therefore, check
DOCKS at the rate OF one every two minutes, In
| each Of which he must credit depositor with
amounts, the correctness for which he in
many instances has to trust to the cashier or
treasurer having prepared the deposit
check, l.. as his two minutes will not
give time to make totals of a column
Of twenty-five figures. Besides, all cash
deposits must be counted, and the worth of
every pill passed upon. AS banking hours
draw, to a close, the line Of depositors
Hngshens before his counter and they
this is the hour when safety demands the
closet scrutiny Of bills and most careful
handling Of figures. The duties Of receiv-
ing teller the last hour of the banking day
clearest head, the keenest eyes, and most
patient and steady nerves. The responsible
ity Of such @ position is by no means light,
and the few errors, and those of small &C
count, that good teller makes, Indicate q
grade Of talent that might well be coveted by
the many.
The duties of q paying teller. while less
complicated, are fraught with a like respon-
sbility and the requirement. Of equal tact
Almost at the rate Of one every minute he is
obliged to recognize and identify face. enter
the amount Of the check presented, and make
no mistakes in the amount called for at peril
Of his own account If too much is given out.
or the displeasure Of the person presenting
the check II too little. Frequently the pay
ing teller is embarrassed by the carelessness
Of check-holder, who draws his money and
to his office discovers that he is SO short and
Is ready to swear that the teller willfully paid
him short. An instance: An excited per-
son came rushing into one of our
banks the other day, and declared that
he had been paid short $40, and wanted the
teller to make it good He was assured that
he had been paid in full, and that possibly he
had dropped 1t on the floor No, that could
not have happened, as he was careful with
money, and could not have dropped it, but
while dlsputing about 1t looked down to the
floor and saw the $40 which he was sure had
never been given him. Another careless man
recently left O. $50 bill lying upon the public
desk, where he had counted his money, and
came back @ half hour later to find that in
stead of the teller having paid him short
the bill had been handed back to the teller by
& person having found 1t where the careless
man left 1t. These and other perplexities the
paying teller must endure, besides keeping
keen eye upon every moments transaction
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