{"id":1323,"date":"2013-05-02T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2013-05-02T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T20:21:00","slug":"glad-to-be-rid-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/05\/glad-to-be-rid-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Glad to Be Rid of Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The staff at Barclays bank are not quite in a state of wild anticipation to know that I am leaving them but only perhaps because they have not yet heard the good news.<br \/>\nThe final straw came when my charges on my business account for the last month turned out to be shockingly high and their reply to my telephone rant was to sent me a tariff.<br \/>\nEvery time I have talked to them for several years now has turned into a one sided exchange of insults.<br \/>\nFortunately for them the pain is over. 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