Tue 7 Feb 2006
Got an email yesterday from a really polite employee at HSBC hongkong, asking if I wouldn’t mind removing the photo INSIDE HSBC in this article on HSBC.. so I removed those photos..
Today I got another really polite email from someone at HSBC’s Sri Lanka PR dept, asking me if I could remove ALL the other pictures.. So I have…
Mon 30 Jan 2006
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Part of the long line of customers waiting inside HSBC
Went on a drive to HSBC Sri Lanka, which is located somewhere near Bambalapitiya. Getting parking was a problem, as the parking lot was full, so I had to wait on the street for a while. When I finally got in they had a line of people to the counter.
As far as I saw, most of the staff were milling around, instead of assisting the customers who were trying to make payments. If I were them, I’d focus on getting the lines moving, without wasting customers time. (Also, I’d do something about the parking problems..)
Oh, in the meantime, here are some photographs I snapped while getting there…
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HSBC Bank, Bambalapitiya branch (part of it, at least)
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Waiting for parking inside, this attractive Sri Lankan lady turned up… walking at quite a pace.
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This guy couldn’t read the No Parking sign on the floor, or signboard.
Either that or he was simply trying to find a way to park.
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The security guard started gesticulating desperately and telling him to move..