Humour

Jul 11, 2013

Holiday Humour #4: Short of cash

During this crisis, we're all finding ourselves a bit short of cash. By way of example, the UK National Lottery has just announced a special draw to support RBS with a £5 m,illion prize fund … if you win, you get £5 a year for a million years! Walking through Waterloo the other day, I…

Jul 11, 2013

Holiday Humour #4: Short of cash

Jul 10, 2013

Holiday Humour #3: Debt

A woman walks into a bank with a $100 note stuck in each ear, and says she has an appointment with the manager. "Oh yes", says the manager when he hears about her arrival. "I've been waiting for her … she's $200 in arrears". Talking of being in arrears, a man walks into a doctor's…

Jul 10, 2013

Holiday Humour #3: Debt

Jul 9, 2013

Holiday Humour #2: Monty Python’s the Money Programme

You may remember Monty Python, as it has shaped many British person's psyche. The sketches are packed into the Broadway show Spamalot, but one that has been forgetten in the archives is their pastiche on the Money Programme, a core programme broadcast by the BBC from 1966-2010. In 1972, Monty Python did a skit on…

Jul 9, 2013

Holiday Humour #2: Monty Python’s the Money Programme

Jul 8, 2013

Holiday Humour #1: Quotes about Money

I'm officially on a holiday for the next two weeks and so will probably not blog, although you never know. Therefore, in the spirit of keeping in touch with my favourite subject – money – I'm going to leave a few musings, or amuse bouche thoughts if you prefer, about this over the next two…

Jul 8, 2013

Holiday Humour #1: Quotes about Money

Jun 21, 2013

The customer is … not always right

I just found a great website called Not Always Right that tells the staff side of humorous or challenging customer experiences in the USA. It’s brilliant. Here are my faves that relate to banks. FIRST: FREEDOM ISN’T FREE (I’m a bank teller at a large national bank. A customer in her mid-twenties comes up to…

May 31, 2013

Is the Governor of the Bank of England lost at sea?

We have several national British Treasures: Buckingham Palace, the Queen, the Houses of Parliament, Bruce Forsyth, Chicken Tikka Masala; but a new one is bidding for glory. Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing Governor of the Bank of England. A massive tennis fan … … and supporter of Aston Villa … And now he’s making a…