I heard someone on the radio after the cuts were announced saying: “We’re in this together. We have to think of it like wartime. Get a bit of the Blitz Spirit.” Well, perhaps, but there are some crucial differences. For example, in 1940 we didn’t blow up our own houses and then give bonuses to the Luftwaffe.
Banks are trying to smarten up their act. For example, online transfers are now very fast. I had one the other day from my friend that took less than a minute. So why did it used to take so long? I think they’ve simply removed the “take out the cash and roll around in it for a while, screaming I'm rich, I'm rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams! Mwhahahahahaha!” section of the process.
When you look at the economic chaos they have caused, I don’t think the banks have suffered enough. If we can’t stop their bonuses, then we should try other methods. Every time you take out money from a bank ATM you get offered an "advice slip". That should change to an "apology slip". And it can’t just be a standard apology. Every one has to be different. Handwritten. Banks should be forced to start employing people to come up with ever more elaborate ways of saying how dreadfully sorry they are. If nothing else, it might help boost employment figures. Plus sales of pens.
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