# Man makes special deposit ar Barclays. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181 "2014-07-02T11:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/1 "2014-07-02T11:46:35Z")
Perhaps \*left \*a special deposit is more accurate? 😛 I’m a bit curious what triggered the man’s revenge on the bank. Excessive over draft fees? Interest on credit cards too high? I guess its no bigger a deal than picking up after a dog. [Oh wait, a entire plane landed because of dog poop.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dog-poops-passenger-jet-aisle-philadelphia-bound-flight-forced-emergency-landing-article-1.1811828) > **[British bank forced to close after man calmly soils himself, leaves feces...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/07/01/british-bank-forced-to-close-after-man-calmly-soils-himself-leaves-feces-scattered-around-building/)** > > A British bank was forced to shut up shop after a weirdo walked in and defecated all over the floor. The unnamed man, in his 40s, reportedly strutted into a Barclays branch in Andover, Hampshire, s… > [@](#): > > The unnamed man, in his 40s, reportedly strutted into a Barclays branch in Andover, Hampshire, so he could carry out his dirty protest. > > Walking to various areas of the building, he calmly soiled himself - allowing the feces to fall through his shorts and onto the ground. > > Stunned customers were forced to flee the building after Friday’s bizarre incident as the stench became unbearable. > > “I wasn’t really paying attention until I noticed a foul, but unmistakable smell,” Garreth McCarthy, who was waiting in line at the time, told the Mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/2 "2014-07-02T11:59:56Z")
How does one prepare for such a mission? Eat a bag of [these](http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummi-Bears-Sugar-Free/dp/B000EVQWKC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) first? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/3 "2014-07-02T12:27:23Z")
I wonder how the bank will deliver the ‘interest’ in a year’s time? ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/4 "2014-07-02T18:32:41Z")
Kept his shorts on. Don’t expect modesty from someone intentionally shitting in public. Impressive, though, that the stench cleared the entire building. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/5 "2014-07-02T18:47:03Z")
I wouldn’t expect the odor to be that noticeable either. A bank is a big open area. We don’t usually notice when our dog poops in the house until we see it on the floor. Pick it up with toilet paper and flush. No big deal unless its real soft. I can’t imagine why that silly airplane declared an emergency over dog crap. People these days are just so silly and excitable. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/6 "2014-07-02T19:04:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I can’t imagine why that silly airplane declared an emergency over dog crap. Apparently they couldn’t clean it up without paper towels - although it seems like they should’ve been able to improvise something - and didn’t want to make the passengers sit there and smell it for several more hours. > [@](#): > > People these days are just so silly and excitable. There’s a certain amount of irony in saying this when you’ve just started a thread about a guy pooping in a bank. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/7 "2014-07-02T19:14:28Z")
I guess airplanes have that super thin bio degradable TP. Almost useless. I can’t wipe with that stuff and keep my hand totally clean. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/8 "2014-07-03T04:34:06Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > Impressive, though, that the stench cleared the entire building. That’s what I was thinking, he planned his diet well. A fresh shit is usually annoying but not evacuation worthy. Or maybe he is just a guy who normally has powerful deuces and was a mercenary hire. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/9 "2014-07-03T05:05:35Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > That’s what I was thinking, he planned his diet well. A fresh shit is usually annoying but not evacuation worthy. Or maybe he is just a guy who normally has powerful deuces and was a mercenary hire. That’s a craigslist add I don’t want to see - ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/10 "2014-07-03T12:59:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wouldn’t expect the odor to be that noticeable either. A bank is a big open area. I take it you don’t have kids then? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/11 "2014-07-03T13:12:01Z")
I did. They are grown now. Sure, a ripe diaper is noticeable several feet away. I’d prefer at least ten feet between me and a soiled baby. 😉 My diaper changing days are well behind me. But a bank lobby is so big. Maybe a 150x150 ft space? My local branch bank’s lobby is smaller, approximately 60x60ft. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/12 "2014-07-03T15:02:52Z")
Someone drops a load on the floor in my bank? My attitude would be ‘I’ll come back in a couple of days’. If someone is willing to shit on the floor…what else are they willing to do? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/13 "2014-07-03T15:11:41Z")
He must have been able to actually pinch the loaf to be able to shit in a variety of places. If I tried that it would probably just be one big unpinchable log. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/14 "2014-07-03T20:20:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My diaper changing days are well behind me. Could be, Depends. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/15 "2014-07-03T20:32:21Z")
> [@simster](#): > > That’s a craigslist add I don’t want to see - 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/16 "2014-07-03T23:43:51Z")
I seem to recall that some British bank (perhaps even Barclays) was storing a fossilized human turd. I guess there just isn’t anything new under the sun, is there? ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/17 "2014-07-03T23:47:15Z")
> [@simster](#): > > That’s a craigslist add I don’t want to see - “Shitman for hire. Can complete task with or without shorts.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/18 "2014-07-04T05:21:55Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > “Shitman for hire. Can complete task with or without shorts.” “example of work available upon suitable request including prepaid large manila envelope.” ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/19 "2014-07-04T08:02:45Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I seem to recall that some British bank (perhaps even Barclays) was storing a fossilized human turd. > > I guess there just isn’t anything new under the sun, is there? Ahah, I guess it was just found there: > **[Lloyds Bank coprolite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_coprolite)** > > The Lloyds Bank coprolite is a large coprolite, or fossilised specimen of human faeces, recovered by the York Archaeological Trust while excavating the Viking settlement of Jórvík (present-day York) in northern England. > The specimen was dated around the 9th century and offers insight into the dietary practices of Vikings during this period. > The coprolite was found in 1972 beneath the site of what was to become the branch of Lloyds Bank on Pavement in York, and may be the largest example of f... ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181/20 "2014-07-04T23:43:00Z")
There is a classic photograph from that dig showing a vertical section of the site, with the buildings at street level also shown. The various layers are labelled Roman bank, Viking bank, Saxon bank, Medieval bank… and above them stands the Lloyds bank. It makes archaeologists laugh 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-makes-special-deposit-ar-barclays/692181.md?page=2)