HSBC

Ah, thank God for this HSBC branch.
Since the St. Mary’s Street branch got converted into a Sainsbury’s about a year or so ago, the main HSBC branch has been that godforsaken monstrosity in Queen Street. You know the one; it is run by machines and is going to be the base command for the first attack when SkyNET eventually takes over and Terminator becomes a reality just like James Cameron warned us. And I hate that branch with a passion that could consume suns.
Thankfully, we have this branch just off of Churchill Way to salve the wound. Whilst the Queen Street branch tries to speed up the banking process with an array of machines, requiring customers to have a PhD just to be able to cash a cheque, this branch manages to be both efficient and populated by humans, instead of rampaging frustration-​bots. Seeing as everyone seems to prefer the main branch, this one remains blissfully quiet, allowing you to complete your banking quickly and quietly, without surrounding you in the whirrs of machines and the slams of foreheads hitting ATM screens in frustration.

I don’t like banks, maybe because I never have any money. Still HSBC was my chosen student bank and this is my favorite branch.
The staff just seem more laid back here and there’s never much of a queue which allows me to spend as little time as I possibly can in it.
It has fewer opening hours than the main branch on Queen Street, but thats never a problem. It makes my life a little bit easier, so stars for that!