I'm trying to understand that curious concept called "hostile takeover" (I marvel at the unashamed "hostile") regarding Banc Sabadell. They explain to me that "bank mergers" in Spain "have meant, in some cases, cuts of up to 50% in management structures." Let's not just talk about closing branches and laying off people. I have a mortgage with a small, Basque bank that gave me the best deal. For me, as an employee, 2% or 2.5% is half a life. At that bank, yes, I value being known by name. I very rarely have a life of personal contact. At the supermarket, they make me go through the express checkout; on Twitter, a robot answers me.
Banc Sabadell has this ending, in llThe other day I was reading (chexia, in modern Catalan) that young Catalans commit yeísmo. They do not know how to say the llThey say yapis, for pencils, they say getra, by letter and they say Yuna by moon. Pronouncing Sabadell and not Sabadei or Sabadel is a declaration of principles. A hostile takeover, applied to people, would be similar to a forced marriage, a little beak, to a "who pays the piper calls the tune." Please, let us, when we're looking for a mortgage, a bakery, or a partner on Tinder, be able to see how the market is doing. I want to go to the office and sit down to ask how much I owe. I had to pay my share of my father's death insurance. I couldn't bring myself to do it at the cashier. I wanted to sit down for it. It's the least I can do, sit down!
