Exact at noon, and by 9:25 I'm out of the house and on my way to the Social Security office, conveniently located within walking distance if you're a New Yorker, to change the bank my SS check is directly deposited into pardon my syntax so I don't need to shell out $20 a month to Citibank for the privilege of letting them use the money in my checking account. And people wonder what OWS is all about...
The waiting room was full, and when I went to the touch screen check-in there was a choice of Appointment or No Appointment, and for a fleeting second I thought I might as well leave there and then, make an appointment and go back another day, but sanity prevailed and I took my No Appointment number. I doubt that I was there more than 30 minutes before I was seen, with most of the other people, presumably with appointments, still there when I left five minutes later. It was all astonishingly efficient and quick - photo ID, SS number, new bank info and bingo, all done.
There was still plenty of time to go to Radio Shack and get a new battery for the landline phone, bop into Trader's Joes for grapes and the fat-free Half and Half they haven't had for weeks and still don't have and be at the school by 11:55 to pick up Star Child. Now all I need is another prod to get me to actually call Citibank and tell them.
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