Fri 30 Sep 2005
Bills here fall into the category of what seems normal now, but back when we first arrived, they seemed pretty wacky.
First of all, compared to the volume of mail we received in the U.S., usually measured in units of pounds per day, we get hardly any mail here and even fewer bills. This is a good thing.
The few bills we dispatch can be paid in one of two ways: bank transfer or the post office bank. Since we get paid in dollars, moving money into a Forint bank account to do the first option would be expensive. Therefore we pay bills at the post office, and that is whacked. Or at least it was for the first few months here. If paying bills from my desk at home was a pain, going to post office here is worse!
Only now I’m used to it, and I don’t really mind.
