Disappointing experience

<p>What a dissapointing experience - my account has not even been opened yet and I already feel like closing it. I went to ABSA yesterday to open an account for my daughter, i was told that I cannot deposit money into the account has it first needed to be verified. Today I phoned the call centre to ask if the account has been activated yet, the call centre agent advised me that I first need to go and deposit money into it before it can be activated and that is the reason why it has not been activated. I then drove to my nearest ABSA to go and deposit money into the account just to be told that sorry I cannot deposit the money as the account still needs to be verified. So I wasted my time after phoning first. I then asked how long does it take to be verified and the teller rep**** that she doesnt know I must come next week to be save it will probably be activated by then. I told her that I cannot come in everyday to check, it is a waste of time and petrol and asked her if the bank does not notify you that your account has been activated and she said no! This is really ver dissapointing and a huge waste of my time....</p>