Saturday 4 December 2010

UnHelpful Banking



Via Paul at HPC.

My latest blogpost: UnHelpful BankingTweet this! Posted by Mark Wadsworth at 09:54

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5 comments:

Rich Tee said...

Those adverts are the crappiest in a crowded market.

I have seen the ones that say "we guarantee that our staff will do XX hours of community service" or something. Working in the financial industry I wonder whether this is being imposed on the staff as a "self-development target" and how long it will be before I have to do it.

4 December 2010 at 10:45
Mark Wadsworth said...

TM, exactly.

If private business were to do stuff 'for the community' in order to garner goodwill, fair enough, it's just advertising. But this a taxpayer owned business, so I'm paying for all this 'in the community' nonsense twice over.

PS, I'm sure you'll think of an excuse when the time comes.

4 December 2010 at 10:48
NickM said...

OT,
Mark, love the Crimble banner!

Incest is indeed a great game all the family can play.

Especially in Austrian basements.

4 December 2010 at 12:39
Mark Wadsworth said...

NM, ta, it is trickier than it looks because you have to do the drawings life size.

4 December 2010 at 15:55
formertory said...

There's a generation of "marketers" at the moment who think that the way to appeal to their victims is ads which say "At [insert_name_of_Bank], we understand that......"

They go on to talk about busy lives and a hundred other cliches.

I have to fight down the impulse to scream abuse and throw things at the TV, I'm afraid; they understand NOTHING of me or my needs. Or anyone else's, it seems.

The spoof ad is right on the mark. I've seen the results of it right up close; kids shovelling product because if they don't they'll get another phone call from some twat who things that a shiny suit, shaved head and big bright tie makes him a sales manager.

5 December 2010 at 08:01

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