Smelly Check At Banks Prompts Hazmat Call

[Kor37 9]

Smelly check at Connecticut bank prompts hazmat call

AP

Posted: 2008-04-26 09:22:48

NEW MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - An overpowering bad odor at a Bank of America branch office in New Milford prompted an emergency response from state environmental officials who discovered a bad check. It wasn't a check that was fake. It was smelly.

 

The Department of Environmental Protection made the discovery after evacuating the bank Thursday afternoon.

 

The stinky smell turned out to be from a paycheck deposited by a man who transferred machine oil from his hands to the check before he handed it to a teller through the drive-up window.

 

The DEP determined there was no hazard, and the bank reopened for business about an hour later.

 

Over-Reaction or sign of the times?

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Sign of the times - I think we can expect more and more of this. Because for every 1 Million normal people there is one nut job and we never know when that nut job will walk in our door.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Sign of the times if the smell was really that bad. I don't see how one bad smelling check can stink up a whole bank however.

[Kor37 9]

Sign of the times if the smell was really that bad. I don't see how one bad smelling check can stink up a whole bank however.

I agree. I've had machine oil on my hands. While the smell is definitely there, its not over-powering.