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Funny story: When you don’t know the whole story

PurposeFocusCommitment
3 min readDec 15, 2019

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Once a little old lady went into the headquarters of the Bank of America, carrying a large bag of money. She insisted that she must speak with the president of the bank to open a savings account because she has a lot of money.

The receptionist objected, stating, »You can’t just walk in here and expect to see the president of the Bank of America. He’s a very busy man.« The old lady responded, »But I am here to make a very large cash deposit and I will make it only if I get to talk to the president«.

The receptionist momentarily looked at the sack of money, then walked back to one of the rear offices. She came back and said, »You’re in luck this morning, the president will see you,« and then ushered the old lady in to see him.

When she walked into a large office with a nicely tailored man behind a great oak desk. The bank president stood up and asked, »How can I help you?« The old lady replied, »I would like to open a savings account,« and placed the bag of money on his desk.

»How much would you like to deposit?« he asked curiously. »$180,000, if you please,« and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk. The president was surprised to see all this cash, so he asked her, »Ma’am, I’m surprised you’re carrying so much cash around, especially a woman at your stage in life. Where did you…

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