Steam is coming out of my ears right now. I don't care what country I'm in, I hate the banks! American banks strive to be as inconvenient as possible, all the while fulfilling their ultimate goal of cheating you out of as much money as possible. Filipino banks, at least in my experience, seem intent on smiling broadly while cheating foreigners out of their money. Korean banks have the goal of making foreigners who bank with them tear their hair out in frustration.
Today I spent over an hour at the bank, fighting with a stubborn machine in the hopes of getting my money deposited. I had to make multiple deposits in order to please the persnickety thing, and I'm terrified that the last transaction, involving over 750,000 won (about $750), did not go through. I considered having a bank employee help me, but two things stopped me from doing so: 1. I know that none of the employees at my bank speak English, and 2. They were currently assisting #521 and I had #555 (believe me, as slowly as they move, waiting for a human would have taken at least another hour - which I didn't have).
At home on my lunchbreak, I have dedicated another forty-five minutes to attempting to use the online banking to transfer money overseas. I don't care how many times I've been told this is possible online - I still don't believe it. I can't even get logged in to my account on that blasted website. The English versian of the site is so poorly laid out that it sends one in circles, and leaves one longing to throw the computer out the window. I quit.
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