I do get his frustration with Barclays. They sent my wife a basket of flowers and a bottle of wine with a "sorry for your loss" card and closed my personal account.
Apparently something had broken somewhere leading to them assuming that I was deceased?!? I never did get a proper explanation.
It was transferred to an "internal account" which they keep for assets awaiting solicitors to approach them with respect to wills and inheritance. They stuck it all back in a new account without too much hassle after a couple of (very awkward and strange) phone calls and a visit to the branch to make sure I was indeed still alive and breathing.
Apparently something had broken somewhere leading to them assuming that I was deceased?!? I never did get a proper explanation.
That took a whole two weeks to get sorted out.