Political Cartoon-"The Worlds Local Bank"
Posted by informedstudents on March 1, 2007
This cartoon reminds of my issue with HSBC, a bank which calls itself “The Worlds Local Bank.” At the “worlds local bank,” I expect to get my answers from someone locally who can speak English well, I no I am not perfect when it comes to grammar. However, I am fully able to hold a conversation without stumbling. When I call the “worlds local bank,” I ask myself why can’t I speak to someone who is capable of speaking proper english?
People claim that they do this in order to provide 24-hour support, in order to account for the time difference. Well, why can’t I speak to an American between the hours of 8 am to 8 pm.
What do you think?
Ian Rivera said
I think that is completely racist, offensive, and ignorant towards the existence of today’s world economy. There are people across the world that speak better english than people in America. Shame on you Reuben!
“I ask myself why Can’t I speak to someone in AMERICAN” – yea, that’s so much better than an Indian
Reuben A. Ingber said
I said that I do not speak perfect English either, however I feel that when calling tech support, or other support service, I don’t think that accents should be a problem when I am trying receive support on different. I am not a racist nor ignorant, I think many other people hold a similar opinion.
Ian thanks for “shaming me.”
Ian Rivera said
I didn’t say you are a racist, but what you are saying is…