MONEY MARKET FUND

Recently I added my daughter and son to the money market account I have with the Dreyfus Co. When my Mother died, my sister and I had to pay for her funeral out of our own checking accounts. And so, I decided to put my children on my account so that someday they could use it to pay for my funeral rather than spend their own money. But I have had to jump through all kinds of hoops just to set up this new account.

First, I filled out their complicated form with my children’s names, addresses, and social security numbers. Then I had to have my bank manager stamp the form with their signature guarantee stamp. But after I mailed the form, the company called me two times about my daughter’s social security number. Even though my penmanship is legible, they couldn’t read it. Furthermore, a few days later they called again with the same request – they forgot they had already called me.

If all that was not enough, I received a letter in the mail today, that according to the Patriot Act, all new accounts require careful scrutiny. They could not find my daughter’s name in the government database. Thus, I had to send them a copy of her driver’s license, social security card, or birth certificate. Good grief…they need to get their act together. For 17 years my daughter has worked as a claim’s adjuster for an international insurance company. If she were a terrorist, they would have fired her years ago. Oh well, I called the company and told them this was all nonsense and they needed to take care of it – I was not going to bother. In fact maybe it would be easier for me to just withdrawal all my money and invest it in another company.

I’ll bet that tomorrow they will call me, apologize, and tell me they have completely taken care of it !!

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