tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223031259524486223.post1763885297082029971..comments2023-11-16T10:31:03.304+00:00Comments on Heatseeker Reviews: Ireland's banksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223031259524486223.post-9410924427174751482011-04-01T12:41:52.266+01:002011-04-01T12:41:52.266+01:00When the manager in that ad invited the labrador i...When the manager in that ad invited the labrador into his office, he didn't leave the old lady tied to the umbrella stand, did he?<br /><br />Why we returned to Ireland from the UK in 1975, I had a similar experience. In those days, you couldn't get a mortgage. I went to a broker who had a few in reserve. He sent me to the Irish Nationwide where I was interviewed by a man with a goatee beard. He asked what I did for a living, and when I told him, he refused to give me a mortgage. "We have doctors and solicitors applying for mortgages that we turn down," he said.<br /><br />The broker apologized and sent me to the Irish Permanent who gave me the mortgage I needed.<br /><br />That same goateed individual recently retired with E1m from the building society that he ran as his private feifdom for years before running it into the ground.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122270279975818113noreply@blogger.com