‘I just spat my coffee out’ people joke over woman’s outfit fail as stranger says she looks like an HSBC bank card
”YOU look nice today” or ”I like your style” – the comments we’d like to hear about our OTTD (Outfit of the Day).
But one woman has left social media users in hysterics after she was told her top looked exactly like the HSBC logo.
Fashion fan Taiba took to TikTok to share the hilarious fail, after someone had pointed out that one element of her outfit bore a striking resemblance to the UK bank.
In the video, Taiba, believed to be from the UK, showed off her best dance moves, as she was wearing the long-sleeve top behind the funny disaster.
Just like the iconic logo, the light grey garment, too, had bright red accents across the chest in the shape of two triangles.
”Someone told me I look like an HSBC bank card!” the young woman, who posts under the username @_taibataiba, wrote in the clip.
What’s more, the TikTok user revealed in the caption, she doesn’t even have an account with the bank, despite being ”out here promoting” it for free.
Needless to say, the video has since taken the social media platform by storm, winning Taiba over a whopping 335k views in just one day.
Hundreds of fellow fans of the page flocked to comments, left in stitches – and even the fast food chain Wendy’s chimed in.
”No, cause you ARE the HSBC bank card.”
Someone else couldn’t believe it too, writing: ”The way I rushed to get my card and cackled.”
”LMAO I JUST SPAT MY COFFEE OUT,” a third couldn’t stop laughing.
”Nahh, omg, I was thinking the same thing,” another person added.
”I can’t even get an account with them, can you speak to them for me,” a TikTok user begged.
The history behind the HSBC hexagon
The bank first opened its doors for business in Hong Kong in 1865, helping to finance trade between Asia and the rest of the world.
Despite making a successful start and building a network of branches across many continents, the concept of branding was still a long way off.
However, the bank’s leadership was soon reinforced with a simple yet effective form of advertising – a flag that flew above its buildings.
The design was composed of a white rectangle, divided diagonally, to produce a red hourglass shape, HSBC explained on their website.
”Like many early Hong Kong companies, we were set up by a Scottish expatriate; and like other company flags of that era, the design is likely to have been inspired by the Scottish flag, the cross of St Andrew.”