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| From | John <Man@the.keyboard> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' |
| Date | 2025-03-02 11:15 +0000 |
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:40:44 +0000, Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
wrote:
>John wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>
>> My Bank is killing their ability to send verification codes to email
>> addy's. I've done that since about 2010 when I opened the account. I
>> don't *have* a fucking mobile 'phone for them to be sent to. I told
>> the branch manager that. He told me that I'd need to *phone* their
>> "helpdesk" to be confirmed as my being an obnoxious, Luddite,
>> uncompromising, nasty little arsehole and for them to allow me to be
>> an exception.
>
>So did you close the account and move your money to another bank? If
>not, why not?
No.
They are all doing it. Slowly, erratically and with little to no
co-ordination between them, as one would expect from Banks who don't
consider this to be a valuable service to their customers. It's not
like they are dropping the interest rates on savings, which they all
do instantly. It's a trivial thing and they don't consider it
important enough to cartel it; it doesn't *cost* them much so it
doesn't merit much effort. :)
As I mentioned, I did manage to get a nice fellow to create a lovely
little swampy bit just for me and the nasty little Luddites like me.
With luck, several major miracles and a whole bunch of programmers
working away at it I *might* get to keep notifications by email. Until
they get a new Upper Manager in to start the process all over again in
a year or so.
If not, then I'll just stop doing anything that requires them such as
setting up new payees, scrolling down more than a page on their
web-access to my account or a whole load of other stuff.
I already don't do lots of stuff that "requires" a mobile telephone
number so this is just one more idiocy imposed on me by International
Corporations in the name of "Security" theatre.
Sod them. [I also keep prodding at them to change their mobile number
requirement but this is a total waste of their time and mine. They
won't.]
I didn't change banks mostly because it's a tiny, insignificant
mosquito buzz of an annoyance among the many, many others that are
dropped onto us from the little godlings in their versions of Olympus
and I quite like the bank I'm using.
Other banks would simply be worse and I would not have my history
with them.
Sometimes, not often, the bastards in the high towers *do* consider
long-term loyalty as a worthy thing to keep and will try, a little, to
retain it. If it doesn't cost them anything.
Though the idea of getting £150 for switching accounts every few
months is sort of amusing. :)
I did mention it here so that others could learn from my experience
and begin to create their own little swampy bits by being utter
nuisances. Maybe, someday, in the distant future, should sufficient
numbers of swampys exist, the godlings will notice and not bowing to
their idiotic whims may become a common option on their web-sites. I
don't hold out much hope. We're far too small and poor to bother them.
Resistance is futile but it's a little bit of fun and it annoys them
We should *always* resist.
J.
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OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:38 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:50 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:50 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-27 13:51 -0500
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jack <noreply@mandrill.com> - 2025-02-27 18:54 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 19:04 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-28 18:22 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 20:04 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:58 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 08:40 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:15 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:53 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 18:21 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 18:58 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:49 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 13:33 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:51 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-01 17:28 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-02-28 09:29 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 16:19 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-01 00:00 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-01 12:30 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:24 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-02 11:51 +0000
Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:32 +0000
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