A mad man handed his check to a bank teller and said, “I would like to withdraw N5,000."
The Male teller told the mad man “For withdrawals less than N10,000, please use the ATM”.
The madman then said, "Why?" These are rules, the angry teller told the madman. If there is no further matter, kindly leave. A queue is waiting behind you. The check was then given back to the madman by the teller.
The madman remained silent. But he returned the check to the teller and said, “Please help me withdraw all the money I have.”
The teller was astonished when he checked the account balance of the madman through the system. He nodded his head, knelt down, and said something to the mad man.
"I apologize, Sir, but our bank doesn't have that much money right now, although you have N3.5 billion in your account. Could you schedule a time to return tomorrow?
The mad man then asked, “How much am I able to withdraw now?”
The teller told him, “Any amount up to N300,000.”
The mad man then told the teller that he wanted to withdraw N300,000 from his account.
The teller did so quickly and handed it to the madman respectfully.
The mad man kept N5,000 in his bag and asked the teller to deposit the balance of N295,000 back into his account.
The teller was dumbfounded.
Rules are inflexible, but we humans can be flexible when the situation requires us to be.
We should not always treat people based on their appearance or how they are dressed.
Rather, we should treat everyone with respect. And never be too quick to judge a book by its cover.
Let's Keep our head down and avoid self-assertion. Because everyone is important.
