Today I have had two analogue-digital clashes. Or perhaps digital loops that had to pass through an analogue phase
I went to the bank to get a print out of all the transactions on my account recently - so I could notify them of the fraudulent ones. You would think that i could tell a bank employee which ones are fraudulent and they would 'mark them' on my account electronically and then investigate. Nooo... I get a form that I must fill with a pen writing out each fraudulent transaction.
Then I have to come back tomorrow when the guy who can notarize them is there to mail the documents into the bank. It will then take them 15 days to even look at my claim - more time to investigate and no money is returned until they complete investigating...potentially a month or more away. Meanwhile I am out $2800.
Second clash. I did some work for PR company. They call me last week and leave a message that says...call us back. I really don't like voicemails like that you have to write the number down. Then punch it back in to call them. I figured it was about my SSN for taxes. I changed my voicemail message that said if you really want me to call you back you have to e-mail me and left my e-mail address. So today I get this e-mail that is a W9 that i have to fill out and sign and fax back to her. Shouldn't you be able to submit this to the company in some electronic way and then be assured they destroy this information (revocation) so it is not floating around forever in there accounting system. Not yet apparently. So first I fill out the PDF boxes then print it out to sign it. I don't have a fax machine. So Then I scan in back into my computer and send her the JPEG.
Ross Mayfield said at an event last year that 50% of the economy was transaction costs. These experiences both have a lot of cost associated with just doing the transactions. We as a digital identity community need to address real costs baked into the system that are not working for people or organizations.
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