Something ranting this way comes...
My bank has very few convenient branches, especially to my house. It's ok with me, because I really only need them for deposits(there's a free ATM around the corner from me), and there's one on my way to the train from work, so what the hell, right? Well, the big problem with the only convenient ATMs to me is that they almost always seem to be performing maintenance on them at the time I'm trying to make my deposit and hit the train so I can get home and relax after my long, probably angry day at work.
I should explain more.
My bank has a branch at the Chicago Board of Trade, which is geographically convenient as it is between the Quincy and LaSalle. What's funny about the CBOT is that most everyone who works there gets off work between 2:30 and 4, so there's undoubtedly a whole boatload of foot traffic going through and inevitably, some of those people are going to need to use my bank's ATMs. They have two there in the lobby, rather convenient, yes? However, they choose to perform some kind of maintenance that takes up 10 minutes of time on both ATMs simultaneously, effectively making banking at that particular branch, well, pretty much impossible.
So, I ask you, who the hell thought scheduling routine maintenance at the same time was a good idea? Does anyone else see things my way?
End of rant.