Fun at the bank
Apr. 10th, 2003 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrAs some of you know, in the early 90s, I got into a real mess with the tax people. One side effect was winding up with a bad "report" from my bank to whatever reporting agency banks use. Which meant that I couldn't get a bank account anywhere until it expired from that system (which takes 7 years).
I'd gotten a savings account by opening a joint account with a friend I trusted.
Since I had to sell a bunch of real estate I inherited last year, my taxes this year are a bit on the large side (as in more than I ever *made* in previous years). And due to needing info I hadn't realized I'd need, my accountant (who I know from the local munch :-) is filing for an extension.
So I needed to send money to the IRS and the Oregon state tax people. This was going to be a pain. But it occurred to me that it might have been long enough that the report had aged off the reporting system.
So I dropped by the bank and wound up sitting across from a guy. Pleaser note that I was wearing a baseball cap, a parrothead t-shirt, and jeans.
Me: I'd like to open a checking account.
Him: ok, I need to see two pieces of ID.
Me: I've got a savings account here..
I hand across my driver's license and the ATM card for the savings account
He checks some stuff on the computer.
Him: Ok, you need to open it with at least $50.
Me: I'll be moving $22,000 from my savings account.
He boggled nicely. But he recovered *very* quickly. It was *so* nice seeing someone from a bank trying not to be flustered for once. :-)
The tax checks are in the mail, and I'll be getting the printed checks and a debit card in a week or two.
One odd thing is that *after* we were done with everything, I had to fight a *severe* case of the shakes. Not sure why.
I'd gotten a savings account by opening a joint account with a friend I trusted.
Since I had to sell a bunch of real estate I inherited last year, my taxes this year are a bit on the large side (as in more than I ever *made* in previous years). And due to needing info I hadn't realized I'd need, my accountant (who I know from the local munch :-) is filing for an extension.
So I needed to send money to the IRS and the Oregon state tax people. This was going to be a pain. But it occurred to me that it might have been long enough that the report had aged off the reporting system.
So I dropped by the bank and wound up sitting across from a guy. Pleaser note that I was wearing a baseball cap, a parrothead t-shirt, and jeans.
Me: I'd like to open a checking account.
Him: ok, I need to see two pieces of ID.
Me: I've got a savings account here..
I hand across my driver's license and the ATM card for the savings account
He checks some stuff on the computer.
Him: Ok, you need to open it with at least $50.
Me: I'll be moving $22,000 from my savings account.
He boggled nicely. But he recovered *very* quickly. It was *so* nice seeing someone from a bank trying not to be flustered for once. :-)
The tax checks are in the mail, and I'll be getting the printed checks and a debit card in a week or two.
One odd thing is that *after* we were done with everything, I had to fight a *severe* case of the shakes. Not sure why.
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Date: 2003-04-10 09:07 pm (UTC)*dreams of the day he can do that....*
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Date: 2003-04-11 12:58 am (UTC)Just remember that when you are a best selling author, you owe us autographs and stuff. :-)
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Date: 2003-04-10 09:33 pm (UTC)Because you're convinced it couldn't have really been that simple. Something is going to backfire. I had the same feeling most of the afternoon on Monday when I found out we got the new apartment. Sucks, doesn't it?
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Date: 2003-04-11 12:56 am (UTC)Could be. Between my paranoia and PTSD, it'd fit. :-(
Sucks, doesn't it?
And badly...