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I used to cash checks in the customer service office at the grocery store that I used to work at...and a valid ID was required to cash checks. I bent that rule quite a bit because working in a small town, you get to know people, and an ID that is a month out of date doesn't mean that Joe Blow isn't Joe Blow. I always used my judgment though; if I ever questioned the validity of an ID I sent them on their merry way. However, 9-11 changed all that, and now we are identification freaks and I can understand where the teller is coming from. I really don't know that much about the Patriot act, but when I opened a new account last month I was required by law (due to the Patriot Act) to answer several questions regarding my reasons for opening and maintaining an account. Being in the service industry myself, she should have sent you directly to her manager; it sounds like her service skills are sorely lacking if she is willing to argue with you for ten minutes.
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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"
Formerly Medusa
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