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A bank employee whose job it is to receive deposits from customers, and to facilitate withdrawals. Generally, they are found behind a counter, often with some sort of fence or window to help protect them from direct assault, and often wearing the same [[Hat Shop|translucent green cap]] that accountants and card sharks wear. For many bank customers, this is the only employee they will see on a regular basis.
In the [[Situation Comedy]], the
In more dramatic fiction, such as [[The Western]], the bank teller's primary function is appearing in a [[Bank Robbery]] plotline. They will be threatened by the robbers, sometimes killed, and may be taken hostage. (Especially if young, female and at least moderately attractive.)
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In the 21st Century, the use of automatic teller machines, credit cards and Internet banking have made the bank teller less visible, but no less important to a bank's image.
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== Live Action Television ==
* ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Medium]]'', a somewhat frumpy bank teller who is courted by a bank robber in order to get inside info on her bank, figures out the scam, turns the tables on the gang and steals their cash.
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