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Consider, then, today's Sun EXCLUSIVE, in which four HSBC workers assembled in ISIS-chic fireproofs and balaclavas after a fun, HSBC-funded bonding day at a go-kart track. What do you do after you go go-karting? I personally go outside to huff fresh air so I am not sick on petrol fumes, then watch as the people who are actually good at go-karting stand on an impromptu podium and hollowly celebrate, while someone's mom who only went around the track to make up the numbers asks me, "No seriously, how did it take you 56 seconds to do one lap of the track? The second slowest time was 38 seconds, and that's when my engine fell out and I had to Fred Flintstone it. I know your life's a shitshow mate but even for you this is inept."But that's because I'm not these guys, who knelt their colleague Saf Ahmed down and faux-executed him with a coat hanger while shouting "allahu akbar." "Wahey," they probably believe the correct response to this is. "Top bank-ter."Trending on NOISEY: We Asked You to Photoshop Justin Bieber's Butt and Boy, Did You Deliver
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Maybe this is the core truth at the core of all of this: We're all idiots, and we're all one neuron misfire away from getting canned for misjudging the political climate and engaging in some post-go-kart-ISIS-banter-gone-awry. Social media will, if current trends continue, eventually lose every single person in Britain—at one time or another—their job. And on that basis, free The HSBC Six, to be honest with you. They are simple sacrificial lambs to the fate of the gods that await us all. We are sure this column will be back very soon.This article was edited at 5.30PM on Tuesday, July 7 to reflect that the men in question were not "bankers" per se, even if they were formerly employees of a bank.Follow Joel Golby on Twitter.Over on MUNCHIES: Nothing Is More American Than Beer Can Chicken