I was in Post Office queue trying to pay for parcels to be sent out and soon as i stuck my card in the machine, it was refused. Tried again, nothing.
Had to phone HSBC while i was still in the queue ( which was getting longer, and the tuts were starting along with sighs ) and i was told that there had been suspicious activity.
I was scratching my dome as i didnt know what they were talking about. They wouldnt tell me what it was.
A day or so later, i walk into my local HSBC and ask to see someone in the " suspicious activity " dept.
Lady comes out - i explain what an embarrasment the situation in the post office was, and i wasn't happy, but if they were just protecting my account from fraudulent
activity, then fair enough. She still wouldn't tell me what the " suspicious activity " was. I started to get a bit furious around the gills, so she phoned someone above her pay grade ' further up the food chain '. Eventually , after much debate and raised voices, i finally got an answer.
" A suspicous payment was made to O2 "
" You mean the same £10 top up for my phone that i've been making for the last 6 years ? "
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