Submitting a copy of the identity card to my Finance department to fulfil requirements for some claims and such is de rigeur. For a certain payment to be GIRO-ed to a bank account, the Finance department also requested for a photocopy of the bank book. Fair enough. But the problem is, we don't use bank books nowadays! I too, don't own a bank book! Everything is done online!
I called the department. The disbelief could be heard clearly over the phone. "How can you not have a bank book?!"
So, I asked what else could be used for verification if we didn't own a bank book.
"Oh. Maybe can submit a photocopy of the front and back of your ATM card?"
And what would that prove?! The absurdity of it all. I had this urge to storm upstairs to scream at some humans. "I tell you what- I'll print the e-statement or whatever and submit that okay?"
"Should be okay lah." came the skeptical reply.
I called the department. The disbelief could be heard clearly over the phone. "How can you not have a bank book?!"
So, I asked what else could be used for verification if we didn't own a bank book.
"Oh. Maybe can submit a photocopy of the front and back of your ATM card?"
And what would that prove?! The absurdity of it all. I had this urge to storm upstairs to scream at some humans. "I tell you what- I'll print the e-statement or whatever and submit that okay?"
"Should be okay lah." came the skeptical reply.
9 comments:
hah! drones!
Haha dont get me started on my current fiasco with my IT dept on creating a generic email ID and how it needs to be conformed in a certain way that actaully doesnt really make sense!!!
I don't own a bank book too. But Michael does and he enjoys queuing with the aunties to update his bank book at the machine! hahah!
what to do?! audit trail has to use such doggedly painful ways to track.
wow! first time since I was born that i heard one got to submit identify card & photo copy bank book for claims! how to achieve world class standard??? *faintz*
hmm ... but why you didn't receive any receipts for these expenses???
paper statements are common nowadays and can be substituted for a bank book.
no need to give finance the whole statement. just the header to show your name and account number. that is all they need. basically to verify they are paying to the right person and right account number.
your finance abit ancient leh.
oh my god! nowadays so many ppl doesnt own a bank book lah!! what so special about that? are they from ancient time? * weird *
queenie: hehehe. maybe!
lms: oh dear.
karmac: i'd hate to queue up to update bank book! wouldn't online be so much more convenient?
andrew: very painful for the rest of us u mean?
findingmylazy: well, if you're not employed by the company, yes, i guess. ooh. we have receipts. but receipts are proof of expenditure. we need to prove that the valid bank account actually belongs to whoever we say we belong to. so it's a pain whenever we have to process things for our first-time freelance consultants.
kuroshironeko: cannot. because even i don't use paper statements anymore. it's all entirely online in this case. if just show name and a/c number, i can also anyhow do up. so my kiasi and kiasu finance wants the full printout.
fern + elaine: we call them anal and not progressive. but what to do? they are doing their jobs to ensure a tight eye. so can't fault them.
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