Wednesday, May 31, 2006
I am the invisible man
This has nothing to do with the reunion thing, but I believe that the idea of these blogs is that you can use them to have the occasional whinge. So here it is.
I called into the Optus shop in Chapel Street this morning to transfer my phone to Optus and get a broadband connection. It seems that to do this you have to produce 100 points worth of identification. Problem. My passport has expired and, as I haven't been driving for the last few years, my driving licence has also expired. It seems that if you don't have either of these documents you cannot get a broadband connection through Optus. You are a non-person. You do not exist. You have become the invisible man. Even an original 59 year-old birth certificate was insufficient to convince them of my existence.
I walked 50 metres to the Telstra shop where the ID was a “non-issue”. I have suddenly re-appeared again. Looks like Telstra might get my business.
Whinge over.
I called into the Optus shop in Chapel Street this morning to transfer my phone to Optus and get a broadband connection. It seems that to do this you have to produce 100 points worth of identification. Problem. My passport has expired and, as I haven't been driving for the last few years, my driving licence has also expired. It seems that if you don't have either of these documents you cannot get a broadband connection through Optus. You are a non-person. You do not exist. You have become the invisible man. Even an original 59 year-old birth certificate was insufficient to convince them of my existence.
I walked 50 metres to the Telstra shop where the ID was a “non-issue”. I have suddenly re-appeared again. Looks like Telstra might get my business.
Whinge over.
# posted by Brutus : 2:50 PM
