Doh!
Because I can never remember my PIN, I spent twenty minutes queuing in the local branch of the Halifax to withdraw some cash. Having usefully used the queue time to read all the leaflets, I finally presented myself at the cashier to make the withdrawal, whereupon the rest of the queue overhead the following conversation;

Me (Handing over card) : "Just twenty quid please"
Cashier : "Wrong card sir, that’s an Alliance & Leicester card"
Me : "Eh?". (Steps back from the counter, stares at the VERY obvious HALIFAX sign over the counter which I’d just spent 20 minutes looking at). "Shit! I don’t even have a Halifax account".

Oh! How they laughed, as I skulked around the corner to a completely empty A&L...

Arse.
( Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Tue 11 Jan 2005, 18:03, Reply)