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ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#1: Mar 10th 2018 at 12:06:31 AM

I stumbled upon Bank Teller while browsing the site, and I believe the trope to be People Sit On Chairs. The trope has been around for almost 10 years and it only has 16 wicks and 71 inbounds. All of the examples amount to "one or more of the characters is a Bank Teller" or "a Bank Teller appears in this scene". The simple fact that Bank Tellers appear in the work isn't very tropeworthy.

However, the description does go into different roles a Bank Teller might play in a story. My two suggestions are to either:

  • A. Cut this page.
  • B. Rework the trope to be more about the role a Bank Teller plays.

edited 10th Mar '18 12:07:05 AM by ADrago

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#2: Mar 10th 2018 at 5:59:10 AM

Looking at the examples, if we weed out the ZCE entries and the "one exists" entries, we won't have much.

I'm fine with a cut unless if it can be salvaged somehow.

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#4: Mar 10th 2018 at 8:21:49 AM

Maybe cut the page but explore if the types mentioned can be tropes.

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#6: Mar 10th 2018 at 2:44:59 PM

Cut it. Even during heist scenes, which I think are their most tropeworthy appearances, bank tellers rarely get much dialog or characterization.

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#8: Mar 10th 2018 at 4:38:46 PM

Very much chairs as written. Cut.

shoboni Since: Oct, 2010
#9: Mar 10th 2018 at 10:19:53 PM

I supporting cutting.

All it is it's a list of times bank tellers appear in works which is very much PSOC. It gives no reason why it's significant or tropable beyond "bank robberies and white collar crime exist and thus a lot of dramatic scenes can be set in a bank"

It would be like having Gas Station Attendant as a trope because gas stations get robbed in fiction a lot.

edited 11th Mar '18 1:18:25 PM by shoboni

ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#10: Mar 10th 2018 at 10:48:07 PM

The current consensus is to cut the page, which I agree with. After thinking it over, there really isn't anything worth salvaging here.

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#12: Mar 11th 2018 at 6:17:21 PM

[up] Not strictly necessary if there's a clear enough consensus without one. Which looks likely in this case. If anyone disagrees, or the discussion stalls out, then we can do a crowner, but for now, let's see if we can just thumbs-up this to agreement.

[tup] to cutting as chairs.

ETA: By my count, we have 8 who simply say cut, and two more who say cut-or-fix, which means 10-0 for cut, 2-0 for fix, and 0-10 for leave as is.

edited 11th Mar '18 6:20:23 PM by Xtifr

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shoboni Since: Oct, 2010
#13: Mar 11th 2018 at 7:32:10 PM

We could just for the sake of protocol but there's been overwhelming support for cutting it with no objections so we don't strictly need to.

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#14: Mar 11th 2018 at 8:54:54 PM

I don't see any dissenting posts, so given the amount of votes, let's start the cutting process.

Only 16 wicks, so shouldn't take long. I may pitch in.

edited 11th Mar '18 8:56:20 PM by Berrenta

shoboni Since: Oct, 2010
#15: Mar 11th 2018 at 9:19:24 PM

Only one wick left when I got there and I deleted it.

So I'd say that's done and all that's left is cutting it.

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#16: Mar 11th 2018 at 9:29:47 PM

Okay then, cutlisting and closing.

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