Re: Your bank
Originally Posted by
Mups
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Steve, wasn't sure whether you meant your hearing makes it difficult for you to go to bank in person? Sorry if I've misunderstood.
No, it's the fact that
if there's anything wrong, the option always seems to be 'phone the bank.
I can't, and neither can huge percentage of the 800,000 other profoundly / seriously deaf people in this country.
That is why we need the Banks to keep providing a face-to-face service.
I am with the Nationwide and although they do respond to secure emails fairly quickly it is not immediately, as the emphasis these days is ALWAYS telephones, telephones, telephones!
To me the whole world seems totally dependent on a technology that I cannot use yet the technology ideal for me, (which is actually far more secure), is being ignored!
I would not be at all surprised if the whole world ground to a complete halt if
all mobile and landline networks failed simultaneously.
Near-total reliance on ONE form of communication makes us extremely vulnerable. stevmk2