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For me it's the idea of turning public streets in the city into opportunities for selling things that fucks me off.
In addition, the fact that Barclay's is a massive, banal banking corporation is a shame, and turns me off to the whole thing..
It should be a public service, provided by central government, but we don't do stuff like that here, do we.
There is of course nothing wrong with Barclay's funding it, but their conspicuous branding makes it very clear that it's a marketing opportunity for them.
This might sound idealistic and worthy but, as Neu says up there ^, people (IMO) are way too accepting of this intrusive aspect of urban life.
It's ugly and it gives me a headache.