Chucking cash around
I went into my local Barclays to pay-in a small cheque just yesterday. During this 30 second transaction, the till-hag handed me a little card, recently spat from a teeny printer.

"Wossis?" says I

"You is pre-approved for a loan, based on your account activity and long standing customer loveliness" quoth she...

[btw - overdrawn at the end of every month, £5k credit card bill with the very same bank, and rising... customer since 2007]

How much d'ya reckon?

By signing the little card and handing it back, the cash would be mine to spend in full wonga in my currrent account, that very day... right there and then....

Twenty

Four

THOUSAND

'king

Pounds.

I mean, wtf? The bank would lend me the best part of a year's gross wage when I'm already uncomfortably close to not having enough.

Natch I signed.

See ya later Barclays... I'm off to a hot palce with no extradition treaty.

Laters.
(bastardboy loves his mummeh, but hoo is daddeh?, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 10:00, 2 replies)

Bon Voyage
So for 24k you would do something that would prevent you from ever living in the UK again? Mate, I'd pay 24K for that.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 10:47, closed)

Not just the UK either...
It would make visiting a number of countries with close ties to the UK risky. Wouldn't it?
(thecurriedavenger, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 11:05, closed)