JUST ANOTHER MANIC , ER..... MONOCHROME MONDAY!

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It started out as a very pleasant Monday with coffee on the patio on a beautiful Florida spring morning. Who could ask for more?

And then it happened! I was reminded once again of my frustration at trying to get actual real cash out of crypto! Two weeks ago after transferring STEEM to ETH, I successfully signed up for Kraken's Tier 1 and Tier 2, but because I am a US resident I also had to sign up for Tier 3. So I dutifully scanned my driver's license, downloaded a copy of my online banking statement, and took a selfie holding my driver's license and a piece of paper with some information, my signature and the date written on it!

Fast forward to today! I received an email from Kraken informing me that there was a problem – not just with one piece of my ID, but with all three! ALL THREE!

They didn't like the scanned image of my driver's license because the resolution was not high enough - fuzzy when they enlarged it! It looked fine on my monitor before I sent it, but that's another story! I wonder just how much they need to blow it up! They said they didn't like it on a white background, so asked me to photograph it full frame on a black background!

There was a problem with my proof of address documentation, they said. They asked for a utility bill, a bank or credit card statement showing my full name as on my driver's license! Therein lies the problem! First of all, the utility bills are in my husband's name. So that was ruled out! I hold three credit cards, but not one lists my full name (which would include my maiden name which I use as a middle name.) So I had to rule out my credit card statements! My only hope was my online bank statement, which does happen to list my middle name. But it wasn't good enough for them, because the bank's physical address is not on the statement! Well, it's an online statement! We don't get paper ones anymore. And our bank simply lists its name on the online statement!

If that was not enough, they didn't like the fact that my photo was sideways after it was uploaded and said it had to be the right way up! It was the right way up on my monitor! Something in their uploading software turned it sideways!

So began my Manic Monday. I photographed my driver's license full-frame on a black background. I searched through every piece of mail from the last couple of months in the hopes of finding something that included my middle name. Luckily, I found a letter from the insurance company that holds a small annuity I hold. Bingo! My middle name is on the letter. Surely this will satisfy them! Next I got my husband to take another photograph of me holding my license and holding a piece of paper with the required information written on it.

So far, so good!

The instructions in the email told me to “upload the files on the Account - > Get Verified - > Tier 3.” Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong! I am unable to upload anything, because it tells me that tier 3 is “processing.”

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So, what have the flowers got to do with all this? I had to get out of the house, as I was so wound up I thought I might self destruct. I ran a few errands and came across these flowers at the grocery store. The beauty of them reminded me that I have a lot to be grateful for. I live in a beautiful place, I have a God who loves me, I have a loving husband, two great sons and a couple of gorgeous grand-kitties! I even have a little crypto riding the waves on the Internet to be thankful for. So what if it takes me a little longer to get some cash out of the exchange? I'm not in a rush for it. It will happen soon enough, and next time I won't have to deal with this frustration!

All is well in God's world. He knows what He is doing! In fact, I believe He is teaching me patience!

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Thanks to @old-guy-photos for #monochromemonday and to @paradise-found for #gratefulvibes!

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