the corner office

Sir Richard Branson launched Virgin Money last week. From the M&G:

In his usual inimitable style, Branson launched the new credit card with a daredevil stunt - zip-lining 450m (equivalent to a height of 25 storeys) from the roof of the Sandton Sun Hotel into the parking lot of Virgin Money's headquarters in the plush Johannesburg northern suburb of Sandton to establish a new South African record for the longest and steepest foefie slide (sliding down a rope by means of a pulley system).

That's probably the first (and last) time I've ever seen a newspaper use the term 'foefie slide'.

As for Virgin Money, if they shake up the banking industry and make it more competitive, then good for them. Of course, I wonder how many people are going to be like me - very supportive of the idea but too lazy to do anything, and rather hoping that everyone else switches, so that my own bank is forced to sort itself out, too.