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Sorry Sir, said the man from the Insurance, we dont take cheques anymore...........
Wow, I thought, what is wrong with cheques? It seems that the Banking fraternity are not happy dealing with messy little bits of paper. In future, we must pay by credit card. Have you got a card Sir? Yes, I replied thru gritted teeth, I have credit cards. Are they Debit or Credit cards Sir? They are Visa Debit cards I growled, Sorry Sir, he said triumphantly, we only take Credit cards! Strangely, I did not explode with rank and file anger language, I was quite calm when I asked if I could take him thru our last hour together. At long last we had agreed terms and conditions on my house and car insurance. A lot of time had been spent explaining why certain offers on TV and in the Newspapers, were not suitable for my needs. Obviously they were slightly more expensive, but peace of mind were more important, don't you think? I wanted to ask why were the cheap offers made, if they were not good value? But only being a part time, semi-qualified Grumpy Old Man, I thought I would save that for another day. My mind was trying to work out this latest stab in the
back from the Banks. On Radio 4 yesterday, the voice from The Banking Association explained that theses new measures were being introduced, because cheques took too long to clear, they took a lot of staff to handle them, and it was an expensive system. But it would not be introduced for a few years. When asked what people who were not "on line" should do, her chirpy reply was that "In our inventive society a new system will evolve" - you
mean (I thought) let them eat cake. What wonderful people these Bankers are, having screwed the whole world, they still pay themselves outrageous bonuses and pensions.
If anybody knows of a Bank who are not members of the Gardarene Herd, and will be quite happy for me to send my Grandchildren a cheque at Christmas and Birthdays, please let me know. They will have me, and many more I suspect, as happy customers!
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