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Buckhead Bank Not Happy with Viral Harlem Shake Video Shot in Lobby

The Harlem Shake video is inconsistent with the bank's image, a spokesman said.

A video of bank employees doing the Harlem Shake dance afterhours in the Buckhead Wells Fargo's lobby has gone viral, and the bank is not pleased about it.

The video has been viewed 140,000 as of Tuesday afternoon and shows a ski-masked man dancing in the bank's lobby. Moments later, other costumed dancers join him. The dancers are wearing a Colt 45 costume, a diaper, a Santa hat and medical scrubs.

Hundreds of thousands of Harlem Shake videos from various groups, businesses, schools and organizations have been uploaded to the Internet, namely YouTube.

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However, this video was "not approved by the company" and not produced by Wells Fargo, according to a statement the bank gave to 11Alive.

A Wells Fargo spokesman said the video was shot by employees in their own time and is inconsistent with the bank's image.

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