unless u r not a doha bank employee yourself, over the past few months, almost every bank client has similar ordeals to tell.
the bank mgmt, which has come up with quite a no of innovative ideas every so often, seemed to have made a rare error here.
simply replacing those old magnetic cards with new ones isn't good enough, they've got to install those smart chips into customer service personnel, most of whom don't even know why they r there for...