Friday, April 09, 2010

That'll be 'the world's local bank'

Priceless story in the Norwich Evening News,
There were red faces all round when a high street bank unveiled its new look in Lowestoft town centre.

The HSBC bank, in London Road North, has undergone a major transformation but the new sign above the main entrance caused a stir among customers when it was put up last week because its message read “Welcome to Lowerstoft”.

Paul Sheldrake, public manager at HSBC - which refers to itself as the world's local bank - offered his apologies to the people of Lowestoft.
Whoops.

4 comments:

Witterings from Witney said...

GT, be fair - they can trace their roots back to a 'griffin'!

Gawain Towler said...

True, but still... spellcheck?

ENGLISHMAN said...

Sounds like cultural enrichment to me.

Alfred said...

Gwain really! Pots and kettles come to mind.

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As you say

"True, but still... spellcheck?"

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