Today banks across the region look to the consumer as their source of future profits and try to ply him with credit cards, mortgages, car loans and unsecured credit.
Every time the elevator halted and the door opened I held my breath, afraid the person joining me on the ride had seen the screwup and would ply me with questions.
If the Ospreys did manage to entice Haskell to the Liberty Stadium it would be a rarity, with very few current England internationals having chosen to ply their trade on the other side of the Severn Bridge.