So we went out to eat tonight because we didn't want to fight the crowds tomorrow, and we're supposed to have somewhere between 5-9" of snow by tomorrow night which makes people stupid. We had deposited a decent check today, so we knew good and well that there was plenty in the account to cover the bill. But what happens? Our debit/credit card is declined!
Called the bank and their whole debit system went down! ALL credit/debit card transactions were being declined and ATMs were reported to be having problems too - and this is a national bank!!! Thankfully, we had decided on a rather early dinner, and our bank branches stay open until 6:00, so Earl was able to run to our branch (also thankfully less than 1/2 mile from the restaurant) and withdraw the cash for dinner.
I can't even imagine what would have happened if we had gone to dinner at a normal time, and couldn't have gotten the cash for the bill from the ATM. Earl said there were a bunch of people coming in the same time as him wanting to know what was going on.
Called the bank and their whole debit system went down! ALL credit/debit card transactions were being declined and ATMs were reported to be having problems too - and this is a national bank!!! Thankfully, we had decided on a rather early dinner, and our bank branches stay open until 6:00, so Earl was able to run to our branch (also thankfully less than 1/2 mile from the restaurant) and withdraw the cash for dinner.
I can't even imagine what would have happened if we had gone to dinner at a normal time, and couldn't have gotten the cash for the bill from the ATM. Earl said there were a bunch of people coming in the same time as him wanting to know what was going on.