Ideal Bite

My new bank gave me a cookie.

Yep, when I went in to set up my account at New Resource, there were cookies, there was candy, everyone was friendly – it was kinda creepy, in a It's a Wonderful Life way.

Now, this had mostly to do with their relative smallness, which is another benefit of most green banks: They're not megacorporations that don't care about your personal situation. Overdraft for 5 hours in the dead of night ("When Automatic Savings Attacks!") at my old bank and it was $35 carved in stone. New Resource? "Call to let us know, and if you can cover it that morning it'll be fine."

All those 1950s movies where the main character goes to make a withdrawal and all the tellers know their name finally seemed realistic. As I left, Tracy (seriously…I know my banker's name) said, "Say hi to Toshio for us!" (I hadn't mentioned him), and all I was left wanting was a cute little kid's hair to tousle.

-Senior Editor Mike…off to say "Yes" to the $3.95 ATM fee at Zeitgeist…

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