Day one.
Card rejected, contact local branch of Barclays.
Day two.
8.30: ATM swallows my card.
9.30: bank oppens, they can't give me any information whatsoever and tell me to go to another branch.
10.15: new branch, half an hour of security questions, "please call this number".
11.00: emotive indian guy from the London HQ, keeps saying he's sorry for any incovenience but is incapable of giving me any reasons for my card being cancelled.
12.00: set up meeting with personal banker.
*insert an hour of trying to cancel online orders and battling the ever-efficient robotic automated response machines companies are so keen on*
14.00: personal banker time. Lovely guy. Has no ideea what happened with my account or why but efficiently opens me a new one.
Thumbs up: whatever problem your account has, the bank will run it for at least half an year without checking it. With no montly fee.
PS: every girl should have a personal banker on speed dial.
