Bank of America says F U Very Much to local hero

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David Goodman, 47, helped catch a bank robbery suspect at an East Side branch Monday, and he thought he'd get a reward for his good deed.

Instead, a local Bank of America branch manager told Goodman thanks, but no money. And 88-CRIME told him his situation doesn't meet the criteria for a cash reward.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/48673.php

[TwentyFive]

1. Typical large corporation - chew people up & spit 'em out.

[Glenda]

2. THey should give him a Diebold ATM machine for his efforts

[PretzelWarrior]

3. well, I agree with their premise that they don't want to encourage

people jumping up in the line of fire to foil a bank robbery by offering monetary rewards.

Think about it. Banks have pretty good security, lots of surveillance, and a great network for sharing info on what look like serial bank robbers.

The money is insured by FDIC. Why does someone need to risk?

Besides, I believe the person did do so out of desire to foil a crime and not money.

They should take him to lunch and give him an award for his outstanding citizenship. As should the local community.

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5. I'll bet this is in the works

They should take him to lunch and give him an award for his outstanding citizenship. As should the local community.

I agree. The article will probably inspire a grassroots movement in his community to do something nice for him.

[kuozzman]

6. I would have just robbed the robber! Fu** banks!

[Javaman]

7. I don't think he will get a reward, however...

I do think he will probably get some sort of citizen commendation, considering the guy he caught robbed 6 other banks.
To me, that has good citizen written all over it, and a bit of a hero to boot.

[el_gato]

4. Next time I bet he'll just smile and look away