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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers this piece by Cpl. Carl Meadows of the White House Tenn police department appeared in the Nashville Banner. I think it Good enough to rate National exposure. If you agree please print it. . Dear . I do indeed. The piece had to be shortened a bit but is very close to the original version. Thanks for sharing. If you could see what i be seen parents if you could see what i be seen you would t be so critical when i Stop your child and take his Beer and drugs and have him come to the police station at 2 a.m., and Call you to come and take him or her Home. They Are not bad kids. They Are the same ones who ring up your groceries deliver your paper and hang out with your children. They Are the same ones you see every sunday in Church. If you could see what i be seen you would t Call the police chief and the mayor to try to get that speeding ticket torn up or complain that i had it in for your boy when i clocked him on radar at 75 Mph in a 30 Mph zone. I know your insurance rates Are High but Don t blame me. I m Only trying to succeed where you failed to teach your child to drive safely. If you could see what i be seen you d make the punishment a lot tougher when you catch your child drink ing and driving. I had to Check for signs of life in 17 and 18-year-old kids last week when i knew darn Well they were dead before i arrived. I Fried to Comfort the parents of those dead kids. I saw their minister stand there and cry his eyes out because be did t teach the kids better As if it was his fault. He sees them two hours a week. You have them the rest of the time. If you could see what i be seen you d begin to teach your children at an Early age some of the things that Are just As important As Reading and writing. For example it is wrong to drink and drive. If you could see what i be seen would you still do my Job every Day ask any policeman Why he stays on. He can t Tell you because he does t know. It can t be the pay. Your garbage collector probably makes More Money and he does t have to work nights weekends and holidays. Try calling your garbage collector when you need More service and ask him to come Over. See what be says. If you could see what i be seen you d take parenting a lot More seriously. Come along sometime. You la get a real education. Dear Ann Landers the radio announcer says tune to station 103 one of three on the pm  the sports announce says the basketball score is 101 one of one the Tele phone operator says the number is 555-0011 five five five of of one one. It s common practice to use the 15th letter of the English alphabet for the number Zero but i wish  ple would Stop mingling the alphabet and number together. It s ridiculous. Be our spokesperson Ann. Tell English speaking people to Stop using the 15th letter of the alphabet when they really should use the number Zero. K.g.s., port Rickey   from now on i m saying Zero instead of of when i talk numbers. I la say of Only when i m surprised which after All these years does t happen very often. Los Angeles times syndicated columnist Landers welcomes your letters. You can write to her in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09211, . Forces prove Check keeping Benefit Reader says merchants National Bank is going to discontinue returning cancelled checks to customers As a serv ice. However we Are informed by merchants National that this latest move will increase customer service As those personnel currently sorting can celeb checks will be transferred to Teller duty. That in turn will significantly reduce customer waiting time. Wonderful providing that is what happens. We have heard such promises before when american express was allowed to commence charging two pfennig for each Dollar converted when merchants National was allowed to increase that rate by 50 percent but Long banking lines remain. Merchants National should provide its custom ers additional information about this latest plan. For example Are the people currently employed to sort checks qualified tellers if not Are the Check Sorters to be released and qualified tellers employed on a one for one basis also somewhere there is a government office responsible for ensuring that banking contracts Are properly implemented at one time that was the european come comptroller he . Neucom. Will that office implement some system to ensure that merchants National fulfils its most recent Promise to customers not that merchants nation Al s commitment should be questioned however As . Army Gen. Bruce Clarke once said an organization does Well those things the Boss  i believe it would reassure members of the euro Pean come if merchants National provided More details concerning How they will Transfer current Check sorting assets to Teller duty. Also ways by which official contract monitors plan to measure the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the Mer chants National Promise to its customer. We customers will moan a bit but Well accept this latest move because of the Trade off promised by merchants National. Now the Ball is in it court. William t. Corbett Stuttgart West Germany editor s note Mark a. Schneider management analyst comptroller office he . Neucom replies Check safekeeping is being implemented by All military Bank contractors worldwide at the direction of the department of defense As a Means of returning Bank staff hours to customer service and speeding statement distribution. Safekeeping has been successfully tested at two locations in Germany dating to 1978 and at two locations in the United kingdom since 1986. There Are no dedicated personnel hired specifically to file checks and stuff statements. Tellers customer service representatives and other Bank personnel file checks and stuff statements in addition to their regu Lar duties. Many times this extra workload pulls them away from their primary Job of direct customer service particularly during the statement dispatch period. Check safekeeping will eliminate those extra duties and personnel will be Able to remain on their primary jobs serving customers. The effects in each Branch will be different but Overall available hours for direct customer service will increase. The comptroller he . European come is tasked to Monitor and coordinate banking service in the theater. He does this in conjunction with the  Navy and air Force component commands via the european banking coordinating committee a acc. As an example of its involvement the a acc coordinated the recent successful transition from Ameri can express Bank Aeb to merchants National Bank mob ensuring that customer service issues were addressed and resolved. The a acc is Monitor ing the transition to safekeeping As Well As the implementation of other planned service enhancements. In that regard Many service enhancements Are on the horizon. In this fiscal year american express and merchant National s automated Teller machines  will be brought on line with their respective Central computers. Additionally 37  31 Mer chants and six american express Are approved and will be installed in this fiscal year. Fifteen of these machines will replace older Model machines three will be second  in major shopping Center locations and the remaining 19 will be at new locations. These state of the Art  have twice the cur Rency capacity As current machines and greater reliability. Both american express and merchants Are work ing toward on line Teller terminal systems which will provide each Teller and customer service representative with real time Access to customer account information. No More excuse me while i go in the Back room or manager s office to Check your balance on our microfiche  the a acc has been working toward these and other Back room enhancements for Many years and will continue to press for their implementation. Our report card system is the Bank Liaison officer net work. Local Bank Liaison officers report problems complaints and compliments through command Chan Nels to component command banking staffs who in turn take them to the a acc for discussion and Reso Lution. Soldiers not required to buy it uniform recently the unit declared that the  Gray physical fitness uniform is now the uniform for it. The first sergeant also stated that we must Purchase the uniform ourselves. My platoon sergeant s wife wants a list of names of who does t have a uniform. She will buy one uniform for each Soldier who does t have one and he must reimburse her. When my Section sergeant asked me my size i told him that i would t pay for the uniform because it is an Issue item. He said that s what clothing allow Ance is  i was listening to an radio when they said that the company commander would Issue the uniform through the Supply system. Is it allowed to make the  uniform a require ment and then not Issue it name withheld Bobingen West Germany editor s note Wayne Howard logistics management specialist office of the Deputy chief of staff logistics he Usa eur replies the new Gray physical fitness uniform is not a mandatory item of clothing. Commanders with funds to do so can order new uniforms and Issue them to their soldiers. The new Gray physical fitness uniform is issued through your Central Issue facility. The uniform is paid for by the  not the individual Soldier. Clothing and equipment items issued through the Central Issue facility Are not maintained by the clothing maintenance allow Ance paid the individual Soldier in his pay Check. On hand items of the old Black and Gold physical fitness uniform should be used until no longer serviceable. European edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chief it col Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of de sense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. 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