thesultanofsheight 9,454 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) So having made old ladies queue outside for weeks on end even though we were well out of lockdown, and shut down its branches, now the IOM Bank hilariously cancels the Xmas Santa dash over two months early because of “covid”. Is there nothing that these brain dead clowns won’t blame on COVID-19? http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=58276 Edited October 9, 2020 by thesultanofsheight 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banker 1,497 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: So having made old ladies queue outside for weeks on end even though we were well out of lockdown, and shut down its branches, now the IOM Bank hilariously cancels the Xmas Santa dash over two months early because of “covid”. Is there nothing that these brain dead clowns won’t blame on COVID-19? http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=58276 They are definitely in for the Scrooge part this year! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesultanofsheight 9,454 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Banker said: They are definitely in for the Scrooge part this year! It’s just more of the general lunacy about. Let’s just do absolutely nothing because of covid. The “new normal” is going to be very boring indeed. Everybody sat in their house doing absolutely fuck all because the world gave up functioning as it was “too difficult”to consider anything else. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banker 1,497 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 They’ve still got lots of staff working from home because if the Covid risks!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slinkydevil 4,931 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Even Santa will get three weeks in prison if he comes to the Isle of Man. That's what I've told my kids anyway. 3 18 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banker 1,497 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, slinkydevil said: Even Santa will get three weeks in prison if he comes to the Isle of Man. That's what I've told my kids anyway. He can’t even get tested now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesultanofsheight 9,454 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Even Santa will get three weeks in prison if he comes to the Isle of Man. It’s either that or I hope the cops are fully staffed at Christmas to deal with 80,000 reports of a fat man in a red coat breaking self isolation rules from all the nosy curtain twitching grinch’s! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Hedgehog 960 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Surely there will be a North Pole airbridge by December. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dog's Dangly Bits 1,710 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Banker said: They’ve still got lots of staff working from home because if the Covid risks!! That's a little bit over dramatic and incorrect really. They have most of their staff at home because the UK is dictating the offshore islands policy. Nothing to do with Covid risks on the IOM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Phantom 211 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Standard operating procedure for pretty much all banks nowadays. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54463211 Anyone tried to open a bank account recently? It literally takes months even for a personal account and good luck with opening a business account! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Phantom 211 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: That's a little bit over dramatic and incorrect really. They have most of their staff at home because the UK is dictating the offshore islands policy. Nothing to do with Covid risks on the IOM. Same for a few international or UK controlled businesses. Kind of understandably they are not making individual country decisions and will just open everything worldwide back up at the same time (or not). Mrs Phantom works for an American owned company. She's going to be WFH until at least the first quarter of 2021. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thommo2010 1,958 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 To be honest looking at the state of the prom I doubt the route they usually take would be open anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banker 1,497 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 But the working from home does impact the town centre sandwich shops, cafes etc as not so many workers in town 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Down 8,016 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, Banker said: But the working from home does impact the town centre sandwich shops, cafes etc as not so many workers in town I still can't understand just why they are still working from home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whatnonsence 275 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Ludicrous situation with a bank carrying the name of the Isle of Man yet is managed from Jersey. There is absolutely no local reason for any sporting or charitable event to be cancelled. The bank is an embarrassment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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