Straight to the POINT TSB computer says no

SCHOOLS say children can’t tell the time (Mail). Why don’t they teach them?

JIM TRICKETT, Pontefract, W. Yorks.

WOMEN over 40 shouldn’t wear frills (Mail)? Tell M&S, with its Seventies-style satin ruffles.

C. McNAUGHTAN, Plymouth, Devon.

AIRLINES not calling us passengers (Letters)? Behind our backs, they refer to us as self-loading cargo!

BOB PHILLIPS, Bristol.

WAS it only me who spotted the hole in the sole of Harry’s shoe at the Stephen Lawrence memorial service?

CHRIS WATSON, Plymouth, Devon.

HOPEFULLY Chris Evans will do the decent thing and take three years’ paternity leave.

G. CLARK, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. AS A former IT manager, I know that no matter how much testing is undertaken, the process of installing a new computer system can go awry.

Therefore, it is a pre-requisite to have a thoroughly tested back-up plan to cover every eventuality, something that seems to have been sadly lacking at TSB.

T. JORDAN, Woodford Bridge, Essex. INSTEAD of being fired, will the chief executive and head of IT at TSB still get their large bonuses?

FRANCIS G. SKETCH, Grove, Oxon. THE words ‘computer upgrade’ and ‘state-of-the-art IT system’ make my blood run cold. JENNA JOHNSON, Newton Longville, Bucks.