This reminds me of the good old days before data protection & similar ballix. In the bank we had things called "Record of Accommodation" and no it wasn't a list of addresses but a record for each punter to whom a loan or overdraft had been made.Mac wrote:Reply Allhttp://whiffofcordite.com/2014/09/02/reply-all/The biggest reveal in the whole thing was just how quaint and simple the report sounded. Colour-coding denoting the pecking order of the players! Comments such as ‘sloppy lifestyle’ and ‘on a gravy train’ [allegedly]! Do such remarks really need to be committed to a written document?
On the obverse of the card was a section where you would give impressions of the person, their character & trustworthiness, intended to be professional & not colourful.
Picture if you will a long standing customer to whom loans & overdrafts have been made so regularly that a second card has been stapled to the first for continuity. Now imagine you are the person being approached for a further overdraft and sitting opposite is the delectable wife of the pair. You scan the original card then fold it over to read the second, you are now showing the section of the original about impressions directly to the Goddess.
As you continue to read, she starts shifting in her seat & making barely perceptible little grumbles that indicate an unhappy bunny. Suddenly she announces, "so, my husband is an airhead and I am a spendthrift who basically can't stop spending to add to my knicker collection".
Realising the full horror of the situation you, look a bit and make the best of a bad job, for on the card some utter ar$e had written: "Highly respectable & trustworthy couple, though he seems a bit airy fairy and with her fashion sense she spends a lot on clothes".
Sweet Jesus if I ever see the clown who wrote that again, I'd still kick his nuts up into his throat.
The lady did calm down, got her OD and saw a mildly funny side to it. I've always had highly professional people skills.