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Bank opening hours during this lockdown
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colsten said:BrownTrout said:jbrassy said:Do people still go to bank branches? Haven't stepped foot in one for years. Internet banking is open 24/7. Failing that, open a First Direct account and you can ring them 24/7.
People just whinge when banks close, but dont use themselves, or realise that old people who use them dont make banks any money1 -
Gsaver1 said:Why can banks not stagger their hours instead of just opening the same hours during the week? Those who arrived at this decision should give themselves a head wobble imo.
Maybe your proposal would not suit some people so the logical conclusion of all these head wobbles would be that businesses should operate 24/7.
With banks the argument is that they have to cash out and balance their ledgers before end of day so they need an hour to do that - some of them are operating on systems developed several decades ago.I don't care about your first world problems; I have enough of my own!2 -
IvanOpinion said:Gsaver1 said:Why can banks not stagger their hours instead of just opening the same hours during the week? Those who arrived at this decision should give themselves a head wobble imo.
Maybe your proposal would not suit some people so the logical conclusion of all these head wobbles would be that businesses should operate 24/7.
With banks the argument is that they have to cash out and balance their ledgers before end of day so they need an hour to do that - some of them are operating on systems developed several decades ago.0 -
Yes Lloyds is hopeless opens 9.30 to 2 so there is always a massive line of people. How is that helping to avoid people standing close together? In our town the queue snakes right up a busy narrow thoroughfare a covoid nightmare!0
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