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I got myself new contact lenses today. The shop I got them in is quite new and the guy there seemed to be fairly competent. While being there I noticed that apparently to operate his store he had three computers plus a cashier plus a little machine for card payments. That seems a bit silly. If you have something as versatile as a computer (even if it's running Windows) you shouldn't need a cashier and stuff.
When trying to pay there, I was told that my ec-card had expired. So I quickly popped over to the bank and was told that they failed to deliver the new one because I had my mail forwarded from my parent's address and in case of forwarding they just take the card back, dump it and don't tell you. Clever.
Instead of an apology they took my new address where they'll send the new card (along with a new PIN - bugger!) and let me withdraw €300. They didn't even ask to see an ID, all I showed them was my expired card and my signature on a form. I could've been anyone.