Examining the examiner. (bank examiners)

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From: ABA Banking Journal
Date: 19900901
Author:Parzinger, Thomas M.

People outside the financial world-and several from within-have only a vague idea of what examiners do. These views are frequently distorted by the image of officious or inept examiners depicted in such screen classics as "It's a Wonderful Life. "

The notion of cold, heartless examiners has also been fostered by such remarks as this one, attributed to midwestern humorist Elbert Hubbard:

The typical bank examiner is a man past middle age, spare, wrinkled, intelligent, cold, passive, noncommittal with eyes like a codfish, polite in contact but at the same time unresponsive, ...

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