Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Check please?!

So I ordered checks today. It was one of those, i moved my checks so i could find them easier and i lost them, things. So i had to order new ones.

No big deal right, just order them online. Yeah i tried that and got this error message, it's been more then 2 years since you last ordered check so you'll have to call your bank. What, who orders check more than once every 2 years? they send 150 and i use checks maybe twice a month so that's 6 and 1/4 years for me to use up those checks! Whatever.

So i call my bank. I wait on the line for 5 minutes and get hung up on. I call back and finally get through and i talk to the first person. I give her my account information. She asks, who do you bank with. I tell her my bank. She says, well your account isn't coming up. Ok I've banked with this bank for 5 1/2 years now?! She finally gets my information to come up and asks what i need. Checks. Oh well i have to transfer you to a specialist.

Second person, the specialist, asks what i need. Checks. Well it doesn't look like you've ordered checks with us before. Yes but it was 4 years ago. OK well I'll have to transfer you to another specialist. Fine.

Next specialist, so you need checks. Yes. What type would you like? The simplest thing you have. More random questions.... colors we have.... I say yes to the first color she says. So after waiting for the confirmation number and all that crap i finally get off the phone and pick up the call from my boss. Did i not mention she was on hold on the other line half of the time, yeah, fun.

So now i have 150 checks coming from a bank i want to quit, and most likely will after the wedding, in a name that i will only have for the next 3 1/2 months. Great!

3 comments:

Greg and Alyssa said...

Simple solution: keep your maiden name! If I'd known what a pain it was going to be to get it all changed I might have just for convenience sake. The shock factor would have been an added bonus.

Anonymous said...

bahahahahha

Wudan said...

I'd just like to say how riveting it is to read about ordering checks.