A bank account

Today I got myself a bank account... purely for official purposes as my responsibility and role as Economer, warrants one!  

The process of securing an SBI account online sounded pretty much straight forward. But the practical aspects of going through the process saw me spend more than half a day, going around in circles.  It was the video KYC way that I followed, rather than the old-way manual mode of appearing and running to and fro the bank branch office, with papers and documents in hand.  I was told that the former is faster and easier, if one has all the documents needed. Looking back, I agree.  

The most frustrating part was getting the video call through!  I spent half a day, staring at the phone or laptop screen watching the timer tick by and my order in the queue. What I did not realise (or perhaps I was lucky by noon) that after the selected slot runs out, without me getting a call, I shouldn't close the window or tab.  I need to stay on and await the call.  Not sure that works that way, or that I just got lucky by noon! 

Anyway, the joy of having ticked off an item on one's 'to do list' is never to be underestimated!