telephone banking
My girlfriend laughs at me as I prefer telephone banking to internet banking.

The reason may sound a bit mental: I don't like logging into my internet banking and seeing the balance. If I did that I'd gauge the full extent and horror of how fucked for money I was at that particular instance, and would have to have a little cry.

No. What I do is call up telephone banking and then when the helpful automaton reads out my balance I hold the phone slightly away from my ear so that I can't quite hear what's being said. As long as I can discern that the number being read out is at least double-digits, then I'm good to go to the pub.

This mature way of handling my finances illustrates how really, really shit with money I am.
( rofl harris, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 17:25, 5 replies)

I have a similar method for dealing with possible attack by predators
mind you, I am an ostrich.
( broadsword w⚓, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 17:41, closed)

marvellous

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 19:35, closed)

Ha!
Telephone banking? I don't bother getting a balance at the machine. Just the monthly statement...

Can you lend me a fiver?
( DeadEyeDick, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 23:36, closed)

I used to do telephone banking
And the auto attendant would read out the money.
Sounded good at first

You have five hundred and thirty two pounds and sixty three pence...
And then the fatal word... Overdrawn.

Main Menu.. For tips on commiting suicide, press 1.
To borrow more money and get into more debt, press 2
To join our lottery and have a false hope of winning more money press 3
To be transferred to our customer service operators in Nigeria press 4
(Miggyman, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 13:19, closed)

I just use the cashpoint
And only the "Cash, no receipt" button.

My reasoning is this: If I’ve gone to the cashpoint in the first place, it’s because I need money. Knowing I’m broke isn’t going to change that. So I might as well not worry about whether or not I have it, and just take it out anyway.

I’m actually working really hard to try and break this habit.
(bblgoose, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 16:12, closed)