Tomorrow my bank account was due to be frozen because I can't pay back any of my debts to the bank (the best sort of debts to have I'd say) so I went down to their today, resolute of purpose and determined to straighten this shit out.

Anyway, over the course of quite a lively to and fro with my bank manager I actually said the following line:

"Listen! I don't care about your terms and conditions! If my bank account gets frozen tomorrow I won't be a customer anymore, I'LL BE THE ENEMY!"

Thinking about it afterwards, I laughed all the way home, heartened not only by my own ridiculousness but also the fact that I capped a small victory over authority by actually precurring a £500 extension to my overdraft.

I'm good up to 2007 and back up to two albums a week, Obner maties.

awesome.

There is very little chance of that happening with American banks unless you're important, famous or a seriously valued customer, which perpetually skint and unemployable Scots generally aren't.

There's always the "I'm going to tell everyone I know about what terrible service this bank has" route. That won't get overdraft extension, but it might reverse overdraft fees.

I'm co-opting this line when I call the student loan department at the bank to tell them I'm defaulting this month.

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win

You'll prolly end up on Tony Blair's double-secret terrorist watchlist, now, so be careful.

"Bank Enemy" always looks good on a resume.

I think we should have an Obner bake sale for Mr. Frew.

Didn't I hire you to post these brilliant anecdotes on Hip-D, Frew??? Are you looking to diversify and finally get fired from a NON-PAYING job?!?

(just kidding, man...well played at First Glasgow Savings & Loan, sir)

I think an ironic note here is that you briefly work at a bank.