Come Back Captain Mainwaring, All Is Forgiven...

[poliphilo]

We're in the process of moving our money from a bank that has turned evil to another that has been evil all along. This morning we were at a meeting with a member of staff at which all we had  to do was sign our names twice but which he managed to stretch to an hour and a quarter- mainly so he could try to sell us financial services we had no intention of buying...

Like I said, evil....

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's tiresome.

We're already giving them our money to "look after". That's all we want of them- and it should be enough.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

It isn't, and it never will be. That guy's job depends on "growth". He has to, consistently, bring in more money that he brought in the year before. It's a horrible system.

As a minister, I have to meet the financial demands of the congregation. If I can achieve some growth... woohoo! But, if I don't do that every single year, I won't get fired.

I HATE the financial industry. It is evil incarnate.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Trouble is, there's no alternative to dealing with these people. We used to be with a bank that claimed to be ethical- only then it got greedy- made spectacular losses and is now owned by a hedge fund.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Yup. It is the same everywhere.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

And we know who they are without naming names!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's no point, because as far as I can see there's no such thing as "ethical banking".

Banks are bad. We changed for two reasons- firstly because we were afraid our old bank was going down the plughole and secondly because it was convenient in several ways.