Maybank Ridiculous Rules

My Maybank ATM card war barred because it was inactive for 1 year. I called the service center but was told that i need to go the any of the Maybank branches to activate the ATM card.

At the branch, i was told that i need to do a withdrawal at the counter in order to activate the card. Eventhough i didnt need to do any withdrawal, i complied. At the counter, the cashier told me to fill up another form to change the status, from a client with a bank book to one without book since i did not bring my book. While i hated from going down to ground floor again to take & fill up another form, i still complied. Then the cashier passed my documents to his superior for his authorisation, i guessed. I was told that i still cant withdraw my money nor activate my ATM card because i didnt bring my bank book. Anyway they can consider my bank book is lost by asking me to fill up another form and pay RM 15.00 for the process so that i can withdraw my money. Fed up with all the nonsense, i asked can i close my account so that i can get back MY money, the officer said i still need to pay RM 15.00 because there is no bank book!!!! Am i still in Malaysia or what??? If this is not a daylight robbery, i dont know what is????

I called Bank Negara to seek their clarification on whether this is Bank Negara's ruling, one Pn Hamidah assured me it wasn't and asked me to call Pn Mahani from Maybank Customer Service Dept. Pn Mahani was puzzled too on why the officer could not approve my withdrawal or activate my ATM card since i went to my home branch, the same branch that maintain my account, the one and only Maybank branch in Jalan Hang Tuah ,Melaka!

Dear Maybank,
There are a few things that i dont understand:

1. MyKad is supppose a proof that i am who i am. The cashier has put in my MyKad in the card reader TWICE, took my thumbprint TWICE!!!! If this is still not a good enough verification, what else Maybank needs???? Do i need to bring my forefathers, my relatives, my friends, my MP,.....to prove i am who i am!

2. I wonder what a bank book can prove that my MyKad couldnt???? Why in the world that you need my bank book when i was there personally, letting you check my thumbprint...TWICE and with my valid Mykad?

3. I just need my ATM to be reactivated in the first place! I did not ask you to authorise any withdrawal nor approve a RM 1,000,000 loan! I just need you to activate my ATM card so that i can withdraw MY MONEY, MYSELF at the ATM machine! If i can activate my credit cards through telephone calls, i am sure i could activate my ATM card when i personally went to your bank,no?

Maybe i should start bringing my Maybank book instead of Mykad!!!

Land Of Sub Sub!

Once upon of time, there were 5 merchants who went to a faraway land called Bolehland to do business. The 5 brought with them a ship load of money...enough to build 100 bridges back in their homeland. The 5 went to meet a Bolehland top businessman and told him of their intention to invest in Bolehland.

"I represent everyone in Bolehland welcomes you my friends to do business in my beloved country! Anyway before you could do any business here, you need to know that the money you brougth would not be enough to build all the 30 bridges our country has planned! "

"...but the money is more than enough to build 100 bridges back in our country!"

"Shhh......dont so loud, you are lucky you were talking to me, if other people, they will ask you to go back to where ever you came from if you asked such question"

"We in Bolehland has this 'Subsub Culture'"

" Huh?"

"Basically when there is a project, we share!"

" I see, thats good but i dont see why the amount of money which is enough to build 100 bridges back in my homeland can only build 30 bridges here when you share?"

"Hahahaha....you all are really lucky you came to me. Since you brought me 20 camels & 20 sheeps just now, i share with you more about Subsub Culture....listen carefully...when i got a project say worth 1000 gold bar (GB), i need to sub it to another company, B since i dont know how to build anything, say for 700 GB then B will sub it to C for 500Gb and then sub it again for 300GB...and it goes on.....you got the picture"

" Wow...thats great...then we go just engage the one who quote the lowest price and build the bridge...but...why you said that the money we brought will not be enough to build 100 bridges???"

"Friend, you did not listen carefully......you cannot go to the tail without going through the head!"

"You mean i still need to pay 1000 GB eventhough i can get it built with 300GB????"

" Hahaha....you are a quick learner!"

"I still dont understand on why you will get the project when you dont even know how to build anything and yet you can still charge the highest?"

"Hahaha....its not what you know, its about who you know!"

"I see....i see......Thanks for the information but we decided to go home."

"Why?"

"We have learned from you, we will go home and spread this Subsub Culture and we will be the 'head' like you, who does nothing, spend nothing but make more money than the ones who did something!"

"Woi...woi.........dont run away......if you dont invest here, how can i continue to be the 'head'?...woi...woi..."

[Confusion over order] - thestar 6/2/09, Pg N22

".........which subcontracted out the project to another company...subcontracted to.............."

Recession Proof Job

'Son, what you want to be when you grow up? '

'I want to be an angkasawan!'

'Wow, thats great......you can carry out research and who knows, my son might be the one who find the cure for all sickness!!

"Research??? I dont want to be angkasawan to do research!"

"Huh? then why ......."

" Dad, i want to be angkasawan so that i can tour the space, be on the moon, take photos, write blogs.....you know, stuff that tourist does!"

"....but ....but....."

"Dont worry about the cost Dad, my teacher said we just hope that our government will buy something really expensive from Russia, America ....or China in the future, then we will get free ride to the moon!"

"When i come back to earth, i will conduct seminars, talks and what not ...im sure i will make millions like my teacher said"

"Besides that, Dad, do you know that it is recession- proof occupation......even when the whole world suffers from job loss, pay cut, retrenchment.......our government still give pay rise to angkasawan!..Isn't it good to be angkasawan! "

"......but it wouldn't be fair to the Rakyat who paid for your trip to the moon and later still pay for your pay rise during recession, dont you think?"

"No dad, the trip is going to be free.....its like when you bought a toothpaste and then you got the free toy car for me....remember?'

"I indirectly paid extra for the toy car you know?!"

"Nolah dad ......my teacher said its freeleh.....as for the pay rise, i earn itleh, you think its easy to sit in the space ship and doing nothing for so long...????...its going to be very boring....then when i come back i have to smile all the time , go here go there...penat tau"

"....besides, im sure the government got so much money to spend, thats why they give a pay rise to angkasawan even during recession.....my teacher said our government has a lot of money you know...."

"........mmmmmmmmm.......... "

"Dad, are you ok?"

" NO, im not OK.....tomorrow we are going to see your teacher and talk about all thing angkasawan thing......!

[Space Duo To enjoy better pay] - thestar 6/2/09

This is absurd! While the whole world is suffering from recession and thousands losing their job in our country by the day, the government decided that we need to give a better pay to 2 persons! I am not sure how low is the duo's salary but im sure they are better off than many of us, at least one was allowed to keep what he earned from seminars and talks.

The Minister in charge should crack his head to think of a way to tap all the knowledge the duo learned (if any) and channel back to the young ones more effectively so that we can really benefit from the space project. Currently, the only thing we heard was how handsome our Angkasawan is!!!

Can the Minister tell us what has been done specifically & what benefit has the Angkasawan project brought to our students and Malaysian public ???? Students are so eager to be Angkasawan now so that they can be famous, rich and see the the earth from outer space! i dont think we need to spend millions to tell our students that!!!!

So Mr Minister, we dont want to know what you can do to the DUO but we want to know what you can do to the RAKYAT!!!!