to ask who the fuck are the moderators on here and suggest that unless there was a very good reason to delete the HSBC thread - and I would like a very good reason - then this site is over-moderated

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and I am not 12

can you please treat us like grown-ups

thank you

Well that's me told then

ho hum

why do some people talk about MN like it's some kind of charitable organisation?

it's a forum run on business lines

why should I "off you toddle" because I disagree with heavy-handed moderation

Why should you believe you have somebody to protect because I have stated displeasure at over-moderation ?

Do you know RebeccaMumsnet personally? Is she a great mate of yours? Are the rest of the owners and paid employees?

I really don't get this - it's a forum, it's a business - they don't need protecting from a few harsh words on a screen - after all they have already proved they have a big fuck off delete button

don't you think that some of you take it all a bit seriously?

boiled in oil

trampled by a bull

squished by an elephant

exploded with a wafer-thin mint

I am running out of outlandish deaths that are deemed appropriate, help

lol

I think if anyone taking it all a bit seriously its you.

MNHQ obviously dont bank with HSBC, they are cunts of the highest order. I bank with Lloyds now. They seem just as inept but at least i can understand the call staff. Its not racist to not be able to understand someone terrible attempt at English, and yes most the call centre staff i spoke to were Asian. I also have a theory that they hire crap english speakers to put you off complaining!

Yes but that depends on whether you're allergic to bee stings or not and doesn't ensure a level playing field...

nibbled by moles?

I think that there is a lack of consistency which is jolly annoying.

The HSBC title was obviously written tongue in cheek rant style - but it's pulled. On a thread last week the op was repeatedly and grossly insulted but HQ left those posts there for some time saying (without any evidence at all)that they thought it was all done in fun. I give them credit for realising their mistake and getting active with the delete button but it took a while.
The round up thread was allowed to stand whilst it specifically and grossly insulted one poster but then deleted nearly a week later. The still birth thread - people were saying for days it was troll fodder but there it still sat.

I'm not lining up to do HQ's job - seems awfully hard. I don't think I could do any better but that doesn't mean I'm not annoyed by the inconsistency sometimes displayed.

"why do some people talk about MN like it's some kind of charitable organisation?

it's a forum run on business lines"

tbh if it was a charitable organisation then you'd probably have more of a point

as it's run on business lines they can do what they like and moderate how they see fit

"don't you think that some of you take it all a bit seriously?"

That's a bit ironic coming from someone who's just had a bit of a fit about the moderation on here

time for some Darwin Awards

The Enema Within
2007 Darwin Award WINNER
Confirmed True by Darwin

(21 May 2004, Texas) Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor, well, rectally. His wife said he was "addicted to enemas" and often used alcohol in this manner. The result was the same: inebriation.

The machine shop owner couldn't imbibe alcohol by mouth due to a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favourite beverage via enema. And tonight, Michael was in for one hell of a party. Two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid ounces, right up the old address!

When the rest of us have had enough, we either stop drinking or pass out. When Michael had had enough (and subsequently passed out) the alcohol remaining in his rectal cavity continued to be absorbed. The next morning, Michael was dead.

The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself. According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%.

In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself from the gene pool via an "astounding misapplication of judgment." Three litres of sherry up the butt can only be described as astounding. Unsurprisingly, his neighbors said they were surprised to learn of the incident.

Death by elephant?

Chen - fair point actually

I was pissed off at coming back to find a good thread dead in an untimely fashion

I have now moved on to Darwin awards so am once again happy

Moles are good. They'd disappear underground again, leaving no trace

Le Queen...

I think I just might love you

back on the original topic, I have two HSBC business accounts and have spent a fair bit of time using their business phone banking; never had any problems, their call centres have mostly been in the UK during UK working hours and in my experience their offshore centre staff have been professional and 100% intelligible, if a little quick to offer you services you don't need.

I get being wound up with poor service, it is annoying but the original thread was imo a bit crass and I still don't quite get why the OP spent an entire week on the phone without having a quick perusal of the internet banking faciliities which would have ended her issue in 2 or 3 minutes.

fuck

goes to back of the queue

But queen you'll be dead so why worry about elephant poo?

"If lots of people need killing off then I'd like it done fairly quickly"

Ahem... may I remind you that you wanted death by pigeons first? You know, small vegetarian birds weighing about 1lb. Not. fast. at. all...

Chickens however, they'd do anything. I saw one swallow a whole dead mouse once. The eggs the next day had a slight greenish tint but the bird was as fit as a fiddle.