Me : Hi, can I know where is the queue for depositing money? I want to deposit coins.
Officer : Oh the queue is here (pointing to the line) but madam [shit... do I look that old to be called madam?] we only accept coins on every Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Me : Huh? Hmm.. then can I know which other branches accept coins today? Does the branch in Vivocity accept coins?
Officer : Err, I am not sure. Let me call the hotline and let the officer there speak to you.
Me : ~!@#$%........ [in my heart!]
... waiting for the officer to dial the hotline... then passes me the phone...
Me : hello... sorry.. I can't hear you because it is too noisy here... hello??? hello???
Officer [on the other end of the line] : bla bla bla.... no, Harbour Front does not accept coins too for today. In fact, we do not accept coins on Saturday, madam. Only Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Me : Oh... Then do you have a coin deposit machine somewhere so that I can deposit my coins?
Officer [on the other end of the line] : No madam, we do not have any coin deposit machines at all.
Me : ~!@#$%........ [in my heart again!] ... Ok, never mind. Thanks. [Hang up the phone].
..... I really was quite disappointed with OCBC. No such service, no coin deposit machines. Nevertheless, I went to another bank, POSB. While I was queing, this young officer [looks like a boy!!!!!] approached me and asked me if he could help me...
Officer (boy) : Hi! Good morning madam. How can I help you?
Me : !@#$%^&... [in my hear again... do I look that old?????!!!!] I am here to deposit my coins..
Officer (boy) : We only accept coin deposits on every Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Me : !!!!! Then how can I deposit my coins when I am working from Monday to Fridays? Why no such service on Saturdays?
Officer (boy) : Sorry, madam. This is the regulation.
Me : !@#$%^&..... [in my heart again...].. You know where or how I can deposit my coins?
Officer (boy) : Well madam.. you can go to the coin deposit machine located at the other entrance of Metro.
Metro is a shopping giant like Jusco, Isetan....
Me : Ok. [smiling in my heart....]
I walked away from the bank and searched the coin deposit machine....
When I arrived at the machine, I looked puzzle. Haha.. this is my first time ever doing coin depositing... As I read the instructions, it mentioned that I will be charged for a depositing fee.... it is a small amount... SGD0.00075.... oklar, I looked at the figure it is not too bad.... small amount of fee will be incurred.

After I got the receipt... then it shows that it is really not worth to do coin depositing on the machine... 1 coin was rejected, so only 199 coins got through. But the fee is SGD1.49. Dang..... I only manage to save SGD197.51.... Not worth it... I would rather use up all the coins....
I wonder if I will get charged if I manage to deposit coins on either a Tuesday or Thursday over the counter???? What a reap off from the bank. Here we are trying to save money but they charge us coin depositing fee. Isn't this discouraging us from the saving habit??? One does wonder....
Hehe...you must've have lost your patience there..Anyway,do't worry you are not old (madam is just the formal salute to ladies I think)...at least still younger than me!
ReplyDeletehaha.. but it is not normal for asians to call us madam.. it is always miss... haha.. yeap.. i really lost my patience eva since m in SG.
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