BULL even PAX wrote:GAD is right. I'm not even at all bothered by a Brewer fan hassling a Cub fan, thats fine and dandy. Part of the mantra that is sports.
I use to be a banker/loan officer/service specialist at North Community Bank, about two blocks from Wrigley, and we would get every fan from every opposing team come in.
Every Cub fan that worked in that bank had their words with opposing fans that happened to stroll in and use the ATM but never once did it result in a negative way. All fun and games.
One day a guy walks in with a Pittsburgh Pirates hat on. The old one, striped with the old logo. My VP gave him crap about it and said he was just trying to relive their glory days. He continued to bark about Clemente being the only player worth anything in their franchise and that they(Pirates) should just consider themselves a Cub minor league affil. (this was right after the ARAM trade). After an hour of baseball talk with several employees in the bank(during a game, when the bank is extremely slow) I thought I'd never see him again.
About a month later he comes in with his brother, dressed as business men are. They apply for a loan and we realize his father is the owner of Hi-Tops bar across the street from the field. The loan amount was for 60K, pretty small for a business loan, but it was for improvements. (which we later found out.. improvements=a bunch of new plasmas for the bar). The guys were so thrilled about the service and the repoir we had built up with them they insisted on their father transfering the business accounts with our bank.
About a year later the guys came back offered every VP and senior banker a trip to Pittsburgh to attend a game then hang out at Hi-Tops in Pitt. Obviously most of them agreed and later they find out thats where the Cub players hang out after the game.
Moral of the story: A bank is not a place to establish sour relationships.
Side note: Go watch, "For Love or Money" with Michael J. Fox
What I said was not even half as bad as what your VP said. He said that the pirates aren't even a major league team. The pirates guy was just cool and my guy was just a spazz.
