What a difference a day makes

I was at the bank by nine oh three and already the queues were eye-wateringly long at every till and every information point. It is clear that this is the norm because there is a large and permanent stand by the tills with a plasma showing an international football match. Some of the customers I reckoned were likely to see the game from start to finish and in fact some of them looked so weary I wondered if they were still queuing from Friday. As I hastened in myself, I nearly tripped over a free standing sign by the entrance to the bank. This sign told me that the Moneygram service was THE proven way to transfer and collect international money immediately. This sign had not been there on Friday. And why had the rep at Neb Bank, any of my banks in the UK or anyone in Swakop that I spoken to about the problem not told me that it could be so easily rectified? No, it took two people in a city 5000 miles away with no connection with the international banking system (well, as far as I am aware) to solve in minutes a problem that meta-organisations said couldn’t be solved at all. I ask you. The girl at Standard Bank told me that indeed if money was transferred in the morning then usually it was received before closing on the same day. This meant by 3.30 pm this afternoon I was likely to be a whole lot richer. Not in time to do any activities here in Swakop but more than enough to give me a trot around the shops for a couple of souvenirs, a couple of nice dinners and my train fare back home from the airport. No hitching for me. So dear readers, I leave you at this moment to head to the bank to see if the cash is in. If it is, you may well hear my whoop of delight echoing across the distance between us. I will resume my blog in the morning in the fuddle, I expect, of a very large hangover.

Comments

[Richard]

Glad to hear "normal" service has been resumed.
You enjoy what's left.
Will drink a toast to you tonight.
Am taking a tour of the traditional Pubs of York.
Cheers,
Richard

[Ruthie]

So happy that you have money at last. Eat, Drink, Swim and Drink some more.
Love Ruthie x