And The Address

So we've been in our new house almost 4 months now and I have to say, nothing irritates me more than those companies who haven't changed our address yet.

For those you who haven't had the pleasure of moving recently, let me tell you:  filling out that little card at the Post Office to forward your mail makes the process infinitely easier.  And to be fair, you don't even have to GO to the Post Office to do this anymore.  For $1, you can do it online.

And I'm not real clear on how this all works, but the way I understand it, you fill out the request, your mail comes to your new address and the post office notifies the sender of your new address.  You don't have to do anything!  You don't have to fill out the back of the bill saying you've moved, which is damn handy considering that I pay all my bills online, along with the rest of the civilized world.  And shortly enough, your Chase bill and your Shell bill and your People magazine shows up at the your new address without that yellow sticker on them and without any real effort on your part.

But there remains 3 companies who haven't gotten on board with this, and let me tell you, it makes me crazy.  Especially because all three of those companies bill or work with us under Mitch's name, which means I cannot call and change our address. 

Even more irritating is the fact that one of these companies holds an account in my name alone, in addition to another account we have.  The other account is apparently the primary account, so when I called today to change the address, I wasn't allowed.  Even for the account in my name alone. 

But.......but they will send  a form to Mitch to authorize me on the account and where would I like this form sent?

Really?  I would like it sent to my new address that I can't change until they send the form to my new address.

Ironic, isn't it?

Further proof that big companies have policies that make no sense, even in the advanced technological age of 2012.