JPMorgan Chase Bank, 79TH/CICERO BRANCH

I thought all the really stupid Chase employees lived in Florida. After how this branch chose to treat Darryl Fulton, I now see that Chase hires the inept all across the country. How foolish is it to choose personal prejudice over good customer relations? How thoughtless was the employee at that branch to make a snap decision instead of consulting with a district manager or other higher up? The point of a bank is to amass deposits. The man wanted to make a deposit. The employee's decision to reject the deposit goes against the most basic tenet of banking. Even if there were questions regarding the check's face, the employee should have resolved them through speaking with Mr. Fulton's attorney...and faxed a copy to a higher up for a second opinion. Choosing the just and customer-oriented manner of managing the deposit instead of "we think you're a criminal, so we are going to block your deposit" route would have saved this bank name and thus particular branch AND that employee the blowback that is so rightfully coming their way. Shame on Chase. Shame on the employee.