Posts by Geoff 19

Mobile coverage on trains really is pants

A couople of poinits to add

1) it may be that there are many people that carry around a mobile phone jammer. This would creat the sorrt of service stats we see here.

2) Using a mobile phone loudly is anti-scoial behaviour - yet we seem to accept it as reality on trains. May be the people with the phone jammers have a point.

Regards

geoff

RBS IT cockup: This sort of thing can destroy a bank, normally

But this has happened before

STOP THE WORLD - YOU ARE MISSING THE EVIDENCE OF THE PAST

One thing that is missed by all is that a similar event happened at Royal Bank of Canada about 7 years ago. RBC is "the" biggest bank in Canada so it was a very serious matter. I worked for them at the time, although not on the retail side.

The issues and stories about impacts and the overtime working by staff are exactly the same for Natwest as they were for RBC back then.

Yes it damaged the reputation ofg RBC but that was soon recovered. I suspect that some accounts were moved. Looking at the bank now it is one of the safest and well run in the world. it is certainly seems to be skirting the credit crises very well. RBC is impacted but then all banks are impacted.

We need to step back, and realise that this will blow over and life will will go on.