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 Prosthetics PR snafu for Bank of America

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Date posted: 07/09/2009

Steve Valdez, an upstanding county employee, walks into a Bank of America branch in downtown Tampa to cash a check from his wife. He was born without arms and uses prosthetics. Then Bank of America asks for a thumbprint! Okay, now rules are rules. We all get that, but he doesn't have thumbs.

Valdez, a guy who seems to have been through this before, offered two other forms of ID. To no avail. The manager told him either to open an account or come back with his wife, according to the Tampa Tribune.

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