I live in St. Augustine and I know the exact location you're talking about. The people inside ARE rude. I had a check to cash from my parents in Texas and the guy behind the counter told me they couldn't take it because he "hadn't ever heard of this bank before." I said my parents live in a small town in Texas, and he said that it was a bad check and he wasn't taking it. I took it to Wachovia and THEY cashed it just fine, no questions asked. He didn't even look up the bank; he just basically insinuated that I was trying to commit check fraud.

That said, you should have just rolled up your window as you approached the parking space when you saw them with their leaf blowers. It isn't their fault you had your window down.