Continuing his walk down the street, Harry saw the familiar white facade of Gringotts Bank. He walked inside. Inside the foyer were two long rows of desks, with a goblin working at most of them. The desks were set up so that the goblins stood much higher behind them than the customers did in front of them, allowing the goblins to look down on every one of their wizard clients.
Harry suspected the effect was intentional.
Harry walked towards the nearest desk and cleared his throat expectantly.
Without looking up from his work, the goblin said in a bored tone "You'll be wanting withdrawals. Go see Griphook," and gestured to a desk at the back of the foyer, just beyond the parallel rows of desks.
Harry stepped away from the desk and walked toward Griphook. Halfway through the desks he decided to turn to his other side and ask for a second opinion. "Excuse me," he said to the goblin at the nearest desk.
Without even looking up, this goblin said exactly the same thing as the previous goblin had, in exactly the same manner. "You'll be wanting withdrawals. Go see Griphook." Just like the previous one had, he gestured to the front of the foyer.
Harry wasn't sure what to make of this. "Um, that's what the other goblin told me too," he said.
The goblin ignored him and continued working at his desk.
Harry awkwardly left that counter and started walking towards Griphook. Harry was three-quarters of the way there before he turned to the goblin at the nearest desk. "Excuse me," Harry said.
"You'll be wanting withdrawals," the goblin responded. "Go see Griphook." Same words, same intonation, same gesture to the front of the room.
Harry had always thought most goblins looked the same, but this was just ridiculous. "What's your name?" Harry asked.
No response from the goblin.
"Did you know your hair's on fire?"
No response.
"My name is Bellatrix Lestrange and I'm here to steal all of your Lucky Charms."
No response.
"OI! YOU! PEABRAIN! I AM HARRY JAMES POTTER, AND I DEMAND YOUR ATTENTION!"
Harry looked around rather guiltily after this outburst, but nobody seemed to be paying him any attention. In fact, not even the goblin that Harry had just yelled at paid Harry any mind. The goblin just continued writing on the parchment in front of him.
This lack of a response unnerved Harry quite a bit.
Deciding he was unlikely to get any reaction from the goblins at their desks, Harry decided to follow the repeated instruction and go see Griphook.
"I'd like to withdraw some money," Harry said after reaching Griphook.
The background darkened as a familiar blue screen appeared in front of Harry. As usual, Harry felt weightless but couldn't actually move.
Quest complete: Withdraw money from Gringotts
Item acquired: 500 G
Brief fanfare played in the background, though Harry wasn't impressed.
"Okay," he said to get rid of the screen.
The screen obligingly disappeared and Harry was back at Gringotts, standing in front of Griphook's desk. Instead of Griphook there was a fence made of interlocked metal slats connected at pivot points which completely contained Griphook's desk. Attached to the inside of the fence was a mahogany sign reading "out to lunch" in gold embossing.
Harry tapped the fence. It gave off the soft clattering noise you'd expect such a fence to make upon being tapped.
Harry turned and left Gringotts without talking to anybody else.