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I’ve long been suspicious of how much time bankers these days spend on their phones, but I’ve always given them the benefit of the doubt. It’s a 24-seven world now, after all. But a recent episode made me think I may have given bankers too much credit.

I ventured out of the house last week for an event at the British Chamber of Commerce, where a speaker managed to bore us all half to death during what should have been an interesting discussion about Brexit. 

Not being technologically inclined myself, I didn’t even have a smart phone with me to fiddle on while he was talking. But about half an hour into the presentation I noticed everyone else was obsessively swiping on their phones, and I didn’t blame them. Why not get some work done instead of wasting time?

Being inquisitive, I noted the chap next to me was swiping his finger across the screen of his phone rather aggressively. Too aggressively to be checking the US markets or writing an email. Imagine my surprise when I glanced across and caught a glimpse on his screen of a young lady wearing very little clothing.

Of course I had to inspect further, and soon noticed the man was doing nothing but swiping right on photos of very attractive women. At the end of the evening I asked the chap which website he was perusing. He explained that he was checking out the latest dating app and was immediately heading from our Brexit talk to drinks with one right-swiped lady down the street.

Apparently technology makes everything easier. If that’s what banking involves today, maybe I should come out of retirement.

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