Quick word of advice: If you need to go talk to a teller this Friday about 11 a.m. and you live in Alabama … don’t.
Reuters advises us that according to government statistics, the most common time for bank robberies are midmorning on Fridays. The most common place is southern and western states.
The good news? It appears that despite the fact that more people may actually need the money, the number of bank crimes (that includes burglaries, even though we thought that only happened in the movies) fell from 6,065 in 2009 to 5,628 in 2010.
No word on how long the robbers had to wait at the four-window counter that – of course – always only has one window open.