Today I sent an etransfer for a small amount of money that did not go through, though the money left my account. The email address was not the correct; the payee’s error as he uses two email addresses. The one I had is not connected to his bank. The small bill took me nearly 2 hours and cost me 2 dollars to pay.
Earlier this morning I drove across town to sort out my car insurance for this year. Nearly $200 a month for a barely used Fiat 500 even though I have nearly 50 years without an accident. No choice, no way to lower the cost other than getting rid of the car completely. I’m considering that.
After sorting out these financial headaches I went to the lab to sort out a blood test ordered by my doctor. Turns out to get an early morning appointment I have to book on line so I went home to deal with that. Anyone else find the Life Labs site a nightmare? Two calls to the harassed young woman who eventually picked up my call, did not help. It appears to be impossible for me to set up an appointment and if I did, the wait is nearly a month.
That takes me up to noon.
I know the world is complicated and stressful but I also think things are getting harder to manage. The technological processes put in place to improve our communication, financial arrangements and other such necessities were promised to improve and simplify our lives. These modern day miracles have in fact made things more difficult and certainly more time consuming.
How is it for those older than me? I’m in my early sixties and am fairly computer savvy. Last summer my ninety year old father called his internet provider in a rage of frustration after hours of waiting on the phone, and many attempts trying to learn to handle his ninetieth birthday gift, an iPad. He is now internet free (iPad went to an internet fluent great- grandchild) but now he struggles with the resulting limits to his ability to bank, access grocery delivers, enjoy family photos and Face Time visits, etc. He feels like he is missing out. And he is.