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What word would you have used?

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When I went to the bank today there was a notice on the door saying:

Temporary Closure.
This branch will be closed today from 2.00pm to 2.20pm.
The nearest branch is in Pwllheli.

To me, temporary seems far too long for a 20 minute closure, what do you think?

BTW, it would take more than 20 minutes to drive to Pwllheli even on a good day, and as for August .......
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20 mins isnt that bad, O2 shop in maidstone temporarily closed for 3 hours one sunday!
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Katharine wrote:When I went to the bank today there was a notice on the door saying:

Temporary Closure.
This branch will be closed today from 2.00pm to 2.20pm.
The nearest branch is in Pwllheli.

To me, temporary seems far too long for a 20 minute closure, what do you think?

BTW, it would take more than 20 minutes to drive to Pwllheli even on a good day, and as for August .......
A local bank branch is closed temporarily whilst they rebuild it which so far seems to have taken since March (at least). I would have thought that the word "temporary" was appropriate for a 20 minute closure.

I suppose they are required under the terms of their banking licence to tell customers where they can get service even if the place is closed for 5 minutes. The regulations are not always sensible. One huge international bank got nearly done because there was a proven 7 SECOND delay in entries getting into their backup computer.
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Katharine wrote:When I went to the bank today there was a notice on the door saying:

Temporary Closure.
This branch will be closed today from 2.00pm to 2.20pm.
The nearest branch is in Pwllheli.

To me, temporary seems far too long for a 20 minute closure, what do you think?

BTW, it would take more than 20 minutes to drive to Pwllheli even on a good day, and as for August .......
I would just have omitted the first line...
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