Argh, I’m very frustrated right now. My current bank has a very poor online interface. After seeing the Chase online interface that Todd has, I decided to switch my checking account over to them. I have a pretty busy schedule during their office hours so I didn’t want to go in person to open the account; I tried to open it online. Chase makes it very easy to think you’re opening an account, I just filled out some forms. I had to send in my signature on paper via snail mail for security purposes, fine. Well, I just got a letter today saying that my account was closed. …What? I don’t have an account, you dumbshits. But yep, they told me to stop using my debit card, stop writing checks, etc. I called the number listed and informed the lady that I was trying to open an account. She said I would have to go in person to do that. Well, why the fuck was the option even available on their site if it doesn’t work? That frustrates me to no end. I hate having my time wasted by companies, especially big ones because they don’t care. I’ll just take my banking business elsewhere; I got no love for Chase now. I just sent them an angry email via their Contact Us interface, explaining how they’ve lost a customer for life in any banking services they offer, and why. I also explained how I’ll go with US Bank, Bank of America, Fifth-Third, or another one of their competitors.

In other frustrating news, physics lab today was a complete waste. Here’s how it works: one week, we’ll do a lab experiment, the next, a rough draft of our lab report is due, and the following week the final copy is due and we do another lab. Today was the day our rough draft was due. Well, apparently Dr. Ellis, the guy who oversees all physics labs, wants the “rough draft” to be the same as the final copy. We were told that we could leave things off for the draft, and just stick in placeholders saying things like “Propagation of error will go here.” So, I did that. My other team members did as well for parts they didn’t finish. Some uncertainty values were left uncalculated since they depend on the unfinished propagation of error. We got counted off for not having those values. Jessica, who is a team member of mine, and I argued with our T.A. for a while about this today. We’d both like to know how it’s in any way a draft if we’re expected to have it match the final copy. What’s the point of having the rough draft if it’s not for us to work out our kinks and receive feedback from our T.A.? We had several questions to ask him today, including what formulas we had to calculate the propagation of error for. Also, what’s the point of having the same report turned in two weeks in a row? And another thing: everyone sat around in lab today, talking, hanging out, fiddling online. It was nothing but a waste of our time. We had no lab, but we couldn’t leave until the T.A. had finished going over everyone’s lab reports (ours was seven pages). Wouldn’t it make more sense for people to turn their reports in throughout the previous week, up till lab, and then the T.A. could have most of them graded and not waste everyone’s time? I’ve got shit to do, people!

In happier news, Lorina sent me a very cheesy but cute Sleeping Beauty Valentine. Thanks, Lorina! :) That perked me up when I got it in the mail along with that ridiculous Chase letter.