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Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

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Here’s a bit of er… creative thinking from NatWest bank as reported by the excellent Zopa blog.

NatWest customers were complaining about the length of time they had to wait in queues….so NatWest have decided to remove clocks from the branches

Full story in The Sun. Secondary hat tip: BoingBoing.

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