Thursday 12 January 2017

Of the Incredible Arrogance of Thieving Bankers

Back to bank-land, as I momentarily took over from my poor cousin (her fangs are firmly planted in the floor, and the next time a banker tells her a lie, she might well turn into a wifwolf!).

Today, I had news from Bank#2:
the gal gave me prices (without including the VAT!), and they're expensive, and for that price:
- one must add a percentage per transaction AND a percentage according to the amount of the transaction (because we're not paying them enough per month already!)
- they want to know everything about every Jack, Jill, Bob, Bethany, and Paul who works with us (name, postal address, and phone number). Funny they're not asking about their mums' phone numbers, blood types, and tax returns!
- they can't bloody spell (so how are we supposed to believe that they can encode?)
- they don't seem to be doing much to protect us (I e-mailed the gal a long list of potentially problematic situations, and I look forward to reading how they're planning to protect us in the cyberspace!)
- it's our webmaster who's supposed to configure everything (how cute! My cousin and I are the wedmistresses!)

Honestly, I answered the gal and asked questions, but I've got a bad feeling.
I'll contact again Bank#1, and if it comes to that, since we'll be doing all the hard work, we'll buy a bank thingy for Wordpress.

The banks keep being the most frustrating part of this business launching thingy (a solid tie with the Revenue guys, though), but we can definitely see the finish/launch line now.


Nutty Update: Bank#2's gal answered me. She'd like me to phone her coz I asked too many questions by e-mail.
ô.O
Oooookay. To Bank#1...

Monday 9 January 2017

Positive Things

Honestly... I'm expecting something utterly weird to happen soon-ish.
Good things have been happening since my last post (though nothing's perfect, eh), and there are so many positive news that something in me is afraid (it's silly, I know, but... you won't change me; I worry).

Work is okay (and may well become more than okay if things go on unfolding the way they seem to be going).
The plot bunnies are awesome and obedient, and my writing schedule's working fine.
And there's my broken tooth... It's now repaired (it took fifteen minutes!). If whatever my dentist glued in the hole holds (it may be veneer, but I'm not sure, and I was too shaken to ask), I'm good... otherwise, I'll need a crown. The part where I was "lucky" is that I was convinced that my tooth was nerveless, but it's still alive. I could have been in quite a lot of pain. <insert shudders here>

Perhaps thing will be slightly better this year...............?