Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Banking.....

so I went to bank today to make use of the 'free' points I've accumulated but havent used.. 

didnt wait too long until I was helped by a really friendly and knowledgable assistant - great start...

she helped me change details and reset passwords (including copying pages and having me sign in a couple of place) all within a matter of minutes
I thought I was in the twilight zone it all went so smoothly..

then I asked her to help me redeem some of those points and she was more than happy to turn her terminal around and navigate and help me eventually purchase a virtual voucher which would be sent via sms to my phone..
by this time I was ready to sign over any and all banking to this bank - it was amazing!!

I then asked how long before I got the voucher
"2 days"

...............................??

ummm, 2 days?? why 2 days??

"because we have to verify everything"


??seriously???? 
you just did everything
in the bank
at your computer
with my id plus copies
and me in front of you! 
for a virtual voucher
to be sent to my phone...

- but it's still going to take 2 days



seriously.................
#bank #fail
Excellence is achieved not in the doing of extraordinary things - but by doing ordinary things extraordinarily well...
Excellence is achieved not in the doing of extraordinary things - but by doing ordinary things extraordinarily well...
Excellence is achieved not in the doing of extraordinary things - but by doing ordinary things extraordinarily well...

Thursday, December 2, 2010

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer with machine shop tools - Robert Hughes