The people at Huntington Bank on Main Street in Ann Arbor Michigan are soooo caring, kind and respectful of their clients. I know there's a lot to read here, but if you like a good story then read through to the end, because you're not going to believe what they did!
My name is Kathleen, and one day I completed my banking transaction in only a few minutes. I could see through the glass doors that the driver of the Mobility assist vehicle who just dropped me off was still parked out front, head down, taking care of paperwork.
I quickly called the dispatch and told them I was done with my banking and was trying to get to the door; I asked the dispatch to please hold the driver so they could take me straight home instead of me having to stand there and wait an hour or so for a different vehicle to be sent out to pick me up.
The dispatch person utterly refused to allow me to ride back home in that van, and was so rude and horrible in the manner in which she said it that the Huntington bank employee was shocked at what he could hear her saying to me through my phone. Please note: that's just how elderly/disabled people are treated a lot of the time, you'd be surprised.
Anyway, I said okay, okay and I hung up the phone. By then the van had left. So I started walking towards the door; it's really hard for me and I was struggling, but I decided to just try and make it home if I could. I only made it about 20 feet outside of the bank when someone called out to me. It was one of the Huntington Bank employees. He said he was in a back room, but heard from the people up front how I was treated and he didn't like it.
You know, this really speaks to the quality and character of the people they hire at Huntington, that they could stand up against something they felt was wrong; especially in this day and age, I couldn't believe it. Everyone in the bank was outraged at how the Mobility dispatcher treated me and they decided they weren't going to allow one of their elderly customers to struggle or suffer just trying to get home. The rep told me they were going to get me home safely, and that's what they did.
He carefully helped me onto a seat in the nearby outdoor patio area of a local restaurant, then instructed me to wait for him to come back and bring the car around. It took about 10 minutes; I realized he had to walk to the parking structure where his car was located, through the structure to get to his car, wait in line to check his car out, then drive around to where I was patiently waiting for him. Then he drove me home with a smile. Yeah, my bank actually did that for me. Gotta love those guys at Huntington, praise God! read more