Fuck You, WestPac

Things you can do in less than 5 weeks:
- Ride by horseback to all 21 California Missions, San Diego to Sonoma
- Breed a new generation of rabbits
- Get abs like Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Torres

Things that cost less than $50:
- A nice meal
- Entourage: Season 6 Blu-Ray box set
- First level seats to see the two-time defending NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies

Things you cannot do for less than $50 and in fewer than 5 weeks: Deposit a foreign currency cheque into an Australian bank account. Yes. Five weeks. 35 days. Because apparently they need to mail the check to the US bank. Confirm it isn't fake. Collect the funds from the US bank. Then transfer it to my account. On top of that, charge me $50. Mind you, this is not some personal cheque, this is a corporate reimbursement check cut by Wells Fargo.

Because a phone call, email, web conference, mail, carrier pigeon, and smoke signals aren't good enough to conduct financial transactions. Not in this brand new future of 1978.

Instead, I decided to mail the cheque back to Charles Schwab. For $2.40. To be deposited in a week. Then I can withdraw the money with my fee-free ATM.

For those that know me well, this obviously incited a disproportionate reaction. I am now in the process of switching a bank account and credit cards I've only had for a month. This will not help the bassackwardness of the Australian banking system, but a la the Comcast episode, my righteous vengeance knows no limitation.