[BNM] [OT] Shouting at the bank - Not feeling so mellow in vancouver

[andrew holway]

I dropped my wallet today outside a starbucks on oak street and got on
the bus, got halfway across vancouver and then had a sweaty palms
moment. Went back and it had been handed in :)

Seems like canada is REALLY short of IT guys..........





On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:48 PM, JOHN COOPER <atomicshed at gmail.com> wrote:
> on a nicer note, my bank card fell out of my pocket on saturday, first
> i knew was when a complete stranger noticed the company name on the
> card, looked online, found my mobile and email address, left a message
> and emailed me.
>
> jc
>
>
> On 6 May 2008, at 23:01, Chris Billett wrote:
>
> > I get it a lot. Once stranded on an island(ish) out of Sydney, with
> > no way
> > to pay for the ferry back. "You spent money in England one day, and
> > then
> > Australia two later" says she, apparently unfamiliar with the
> > concept of
> > *aeroplanes*. Similar experiences in Canada, America, and other easily
> > reachable destinations. Alas, they didn't manage to stop some bastard
> > stealing my wallet from the lockers at LA Fitness and rinsing the
> > entire
> > account at the Portland Road Co-op last week. Apparently they only
> > monitor
> > for International Pseudo-Criminals who steal your card and catch a
> > thousand
> > pound flight around the globe in order to use your card for a three
> > dollar
> > mocha at Gloria Jeans in Darling Harbour...
> >
> >
> > On 06/05/2008 19:12, "Rob Beattie" wrote:
> >
> >> There was a thing on Watchdog last week with
> >> loads of people moaning about not being able
> >> to get cash out when abroad. Banks say it's
> >> an automated system that monitors 'unusual'
> >> transactions to 'protect' the customer.
> >>
> >> rob
> >
> >
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