Given a choice, we fossils would have preferred that the Cretaceous had lasted a while longer. All these little mammals running around—pesky things, and they make all sorts of nimble demands.
Last night I went to log on to my credit union accounts and instead got a message informing me that henceforth the CU will charge a fee to deliver paper statements to customers who have online access. To get statements free, we have to agree to accept e-statements.
Fine, I’ll figure this out later; leave me alone and let me get my chores done, thought I.
But nay…the only way you can move forward into your accounts is to click “accept” or “decline.” There’s no “I’ll think about it” choice. When I tried to back out, up popped an error message informing me that Safari no longer will suffice to navigate the CU’s site, and that I must have a new version of IE or (hang onto your hats, folks) Netscape.
Netscape? It went down in 2008.
So I sent a query. This morning comes this reply:
If you are using a MAC the only browser we support is Safari, versions 1.2 and 3.0. You must use this browser in order for all the options to work properly.
Huh? Safari 1.2?? I thought the last surviving copy resided at the Smithsonian. Safari 3.0? That came out…when? In the Mesozoic? I’m at 3.2.3, and a more recent update keeps bouncing at me like Cassie the Corgi with a ball, begging to be installed.
They say you can view your accounts with any old version of Safari, but you can’t perform the functions you may need.
Meanwhile, nothing said about the fact that you can’t proceed to your accounts without accepting or declining their “offer.”
Well, I guess we can say good-bye to the old-fashioned, customer-friendly service that is the specific reason some of us prefer credit unions to banks. Sic transit gloria mundi.