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Hey, don't knock banks - giving trans people semi-hard ID for nn years now... it's amazing how many institutions are like "We don't acknowledge your change of name/title... oh, it's on your bank statement? Well in that case..."
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True about librarian stuff and Claire about materials things. Makes sense. And I always saw QC as being set in an alternate universe where the singularity already happened. There's a lot of futuristic stuff and they are more advance in a lot of things. So when I say futur I don't talk about our futur. But they are more advance than us in technologies, so it's not that crazy to think they have more digitized stuff like Banks.
My bank doesn't even have physical locations. I do everything online and it's the present. So I find it weird that in the futur where they have AI, it's not done online.
QC isn't future, just different
"I want to transfer this in-trust account to my now-adult daughter" (in town today and standing right here, who banks with the same bank). "Wait while I get someone who knows how do to that". Wait, wait". "Hi, I'm X. How can I help you?". Reiterate, blah blah. "Oh. Wait while I find someone who actually knows how to do that". Wait, wait, wait,wait..". Hi, I'm Y. How can I help?" Blah,blah, blah, fill out forms, wait, wait, fill out form, wait, wait .. "OK, now you have a brokerage account. But you can't actually transfer the funds for at least several hours. You can do that later over the phone, though." "Why's this taken so long ? (don't you guys know what you're doing). I opened the account in this very building" "Oh, we transferred that function to head office a few years ago. This is just a regular branch now (for people who can't work an ATM machine). Fume, fume.
The good news is, Marten, that a) chances are you won't have to wait very long and b) the process is usually relatively painless. Tedious, yes.
Marten _used_ to have a bank account- <a href="https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2418" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2418</a>
Read a few strips into that arc; I miss Marten's band.
Loving the Agents of Shield ref
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw that! :D ♥
No, Marten; I'm afraid that doing adult stuff doesn't go away, no matter how much you wish it would!
Seriously Marten? My parents helped me set up a bank account as soon as I graduated high school.
Martens mom is not really hot on that whole adulting thing either. Martens dad looks like he have tried and failed one time too many, if his reaction to the wedding travel tickets is any judge
I can see that Claire is going to be an "International Women's Day"-level pain in the ass haha
Banks aren't even that great! CREDIT UNION, YOU TWO
It's kind of a delicate matter when only one person in a relationship is financially responsible. Intertwining finances is tricky. It can be a test of their commitment to each other.
Yeah, one person in the relationship having to adult the other can very easily be problematic. Marten has some growth do do, methinks
Cute Marten and Claire are cute!
Banks are so boring . . . until they aren't! Getting that home loan, paying off the home loan, having an emergency fund so you don't have to go into debt when that idiot hits your car - lots of excitement!
Claire is wearing a rather cute outfit. Is it one piece with a belt or separate matching-color top and shorts?
My guess would be a one-piece. It could even be a leotard that just <i>looks like</i> it has a belt.
Now I’m wondering what sort of specialty credit unions & community banks that accept Anthro-PCs like Momo & May? Does Pintsize is even permitted to enter a bank?
I would assume they have a shoot-on-sight policy for Pintsize.
Come on, Martin. It isn't that hard. You don't even have to budget. All you have to do is pretend you make, say, 10% less than you actually do. You could survive a 10% paycut, couldn't you? You can survive this.
He doesn't seem to be loaded with cash or anything. He might survive a 10% pay cut, but it'd probably be a pretty noticeable dip in his quality of life.
I OBJECT! Per comic 2418, Marten already possesses a (sparse, admittedly) savings account.
What's wrong with credit unions? Doesn't Smif have one?
If you've got the choice, go Credit Union (or genuine Community Bank) every time!
That last panel of Claire looking severe and adorable is how she will look at the reference desk. Young men will spend hours thinking of questions to ask her, forget them as soon as they get up close, and blush and stammer like fools.
I've got the feeling that the pleading and whining from Marten was really, really pathetic as she pushed him through the door to the bank, so Claire's in a "I ain't takin' no more nonsense" mood!
Can you not just do that online? Or is the physical presence Claire's way of enforcing action?
When you are opening an account you need to be there in person so they can check your ID in person and stuff.
Haha, I had the opposite problem and dragged HER into the bank. Fun times.
This boy...
Marten looked so happy and carefree in the third panel. 🙃
Yeah, that's what sets up panel 4 so beautifully!
Ah, Marten, you're still ahead of where I was at that age. Took me until my mid-30's and the need to get out of an abusive marriage to learn how to budget.
Dis me.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!
time to learn adulting, Marten
Poor elbow-cactus! Don’t lean on the cactuses, Marten.
Ugh. Why does this arc resemble my life so much? Stop reminding me of the things I don't want to deal with, Jeph!
You've perfectly captured the feeling of small bank branches here. The uncomfortable chair and tacky plants. Beautiful.
Took me a while to realize this was a BANK-bank, not a plasma bank...
It's actually a sperm bank