Ok, something happened to me today that deserves discussion in our 21st century world of instant everything! First, as I generally do on payday, I woke up this morning and checked my bank balance to ensure my direct deposit had been properly posted to my account. In addition to my normal paycheck, today I was also expecting a rather large distribution from an old ESOP to post to my account as well. Imagine my surprise and distress when I discovered by balance showed a balance of $0.42!!!
I went to work and checked with our business manager, who was not much help. I then called my bank. Apparently due to a new vendor, none of the debits or credits from the previous night had posted to ANYONE's account. It took just about the entire day to fix the problem making me wonder how I was going to buy gas, or get cash for the weekend.
At lunch I went to the post office on a quest for stamps. I had only cash. I went to the Automatic Postage Machine only to find that it did not take cash. So, I found myself paying the price, in terms of my time, for using cash. I found myself standing in line at the post office to buy stamps.
Who does that???
Heehee. I do. But I work in the same building as the campus mail services and only have to hop down the stairs.
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Oh, how frustrating. How easily some forms of technology become a necessary part of our lives! Stinks when there are issues. I'm amazed that you even had cash to buy your stamps!
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