We seem to need many cards, nowadays. In a few years time, something more convenient will take their place, and they will appear ridiculously out-of-date, but in the meantime they fill up our wallets or purses.
I previously mentioned my Government Gateway card.
Gateway card
I was sent that card when I applied for a new driving licence because the old one was paper and had almost fallen apart. So, then I was sent a new driving licence.
Driving llicence
Then, I needed a new European Health Insurance card, because the old one was more than 5 years old.
European Health Insurance Card
Information about why we need EHIC cards is available.
And then I applied for a prepaid Caxton FX card. I used it as a debit card the other day, to make sure it was working OK, and the charge was £1.50 which I wasn’t expecting.
Caxton FX card
And I have an NHS Donor Card, and a Nectar card, and so on, and so on.
Fortunately, you name seems to be on them. When someone asks you your name, you can just look at a card and read it off. Good idea! Hotboy
By: hotboy on March 30, 2011
at 8:41 am
A great racket, banking. Charge you for the privilege of spending some of your own money, which you’ve been lending them for nothing.
By: rob on April 1, 2011
at 10:11 am
I followed your link to the glossy NHS website. Best viewed alongside an episode of Jo Brand’s Getting On.
By: rob on April 3, 2011
at 7:17 pm
[...] added it to all the other cards I’ve collected [...]
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at 3:17 pm