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May. 26th, 2011 07:21 pmWe had a charity fund-raising bazaar at work. Demelza was one of the organisers, so I spent most of the afternoon helping her man her stall, enabling her to pop out for the odd fag break (and I got lent to the tombola stall when Denise went for lunch). Demelza's stall sold odds and ends, including a number of DVDs. We did OK, and Demelza congratulated me on my sales technique when Denise picked up the DVD of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and said she'd seen the film on TV last night and loved it. I replied "Why not have a copy to keep, then?" She didn't go for it, though.
I won a giant box of Thorntons in the raffle.
As I'm doing a car boot sale this weekend, and I'll be letting a lot of stuff go for 10p, 20p and 50p - I've had a tip off that many of the clientele at this car boot don't often buy for more, and I'll just be glad to get shot of a lot of it for anything at all - I drove down to the high street after work to get several pounds' worth of silver. I knew that banks often won't do this if you're not one of their customers, so played, I thought, safe by going to my own bank, Santander.
"We don't keep change," said the lady behind the counter. "Try Lloyds TSB or Barclays, they do business banking. We don't do business banking so we don't keep change."
I toddled across the high street to Lloyds TSB which is bang opposite. The lady there was very friendly, but when she asked if I was one of their customers and I said no and explained about Santander's lack of change and that they'd sent me there, she said there'd be a £5 charge for changing my notes into silver. Then she swung straight into action. "Of course, if you were to switch your current account to us, there'd be no charge. Santander haven't shown very good customer service here, have they?" She asked if I knew anyone who banked with Lloyds TSB.
"My mother."
She got out another form. "We can put you down as her refer-a-friend and she'll get a reward."
And the lady disappeared for a while, came back, told me Margaret was ready to see me, and led me off to a side office where Margaret was waiting at a computer terminal to take me through the application process. As the first lady introduced me to her, she took another swipe at Santander's customer service.
A quarter of an hour later Margaret said "Now let's get you back out to Donna to get your change", and, clutching all the info about my new Lloyds TSB account, I was led back out to Donna to get my assorted silver. Surreal.
I won a giant box of Thorntons in the raffle.
As I'm doing a car boot sale this weekend, and I'll be letting a lot of stuff go for 10p, 20p and 50p - I've had a tip off that many of the clientele at this car boot don't often buy for more, and I'll just be glad to get shot of a lot of it for anything at all - I drove down to the high street after work to get several pounds' worth of silver. I knew that banks often won't do this if you're not one of their customers, so played, I thought, safe by going to my own bank, Santander.
"We don't keep change," said the lady behind the counter. "Try Lloyds TSB or Barclays, they do business banking. We don't do business banking so we don't keep change."
I toddled across the high street to Lloyds TSB which is bang opposite. The lady there was very friendly, but when she asked if I was one of their customers and I said no and explained about Santander's lack of change and that they'd sent me there, she said there'd be a £5 charge for changing my notes into silver. Then she swung straight into action. "Of course, if you were to switch your current account to us, there'd be no charge. Santander haven't shown very good customer service here, have they?" She asked if I knew anyone who banked with Lloyds TSB.
"My mother."
She got out another form. "We can put you down as her refer-a-friend and she'll get a reward."
And the lady disappeared for a while, came back, told me Margaret was ready to see me, and led me off to a side office where Margaret was waiting at a computer terminal to take me through the application process. As the first lady introduced me to her, she took another swipe at Santander's customer service.
A quarter of an hour later Margaret said "Now let's get you back out to Donna to get your change", and, clutching all the info about my new Lloyds TSB account, I was led back out to Donna to get my assorted silver. Surreal.
