Thread: What does this mean? Вас заселят по заявке....

Originally Posted by HSBC Bank staff member in the UK, on the phone

Belarus, where is that? Africa?

And when I said it wasn't, then she assumed it was in the EU and wasted 5 minutes looking for EU transfer codes.

Personally I was a bit surprised about 10 years ago, when I happened to spot an unfamiliar country on an English map, next to Poland. I did not recognise the name..... But I quickly realised it was the country I knew as White Russia, so mystery solved... But I was not completely up to date with the exact geography.

Belarus, where is that? Africa?

I can't believe that such a retarded people allowed to work in international-related areas in UK.