How and again how…How do we sometimes land on the ‘planets
of Troubles’ without any routes? Sometimes you do live like Alice(Alice in TROUBLEland)…
I had a frustrating ‘money-losing’ experience few days back.
At 6:45 pm, I got a call from a lady. Unlike Chetan Bhagat’s ON@TCC, the call
was not from any God/Goddess, rather she belonged to ICICI. Her message was
simple, somewhat strange and shocking too. **“Sir,
aapke cash mein fake note mile hai”.*
CHEERS n ROCK
ON…party was on for me…
The prelude is important. At 11:30 am, I went to ICICI for depositing
a large amount in person. It was the first time I was depositing money in my 4
month old ICICI account. Coupon system was followed to implement FIFO(first in
first out) approach. As my turn came, the man at the counter asked me to
deposit the whole money in envelope; rather to the cashier. Though I was a bit
skeptical about depositing in packet, I trusted the system. After depositing
it, I was told it will come in account after 2 hours.
I went back and did what I love most – slept…
At 6:45 pm I got that call informing me about a fake note in
my cash. I rushed and I ran. I was told I won’t be getting back that fake note
(which I knew beforehand). Point to highlight here that ‘fake note’ was taken
from Canara Bank. My first question to them was ‘why wasn’t I informed after 2
hours after my deposition?’. To which they replied, the camera systems weren’t
working so it got delayed. My second question was ‘ Why did he asked me to deposit
in envelope?” To which they replied…(silence)…
After my persistent request(which later started sounding
like demand), I was shown the fake note
on camera. They deposited the rest of the amount…and the icing on the cake was
done by there ATM machine, which I guess was having some network problems.
Sadly, the impression about ICICI services has compelled me to change my bank.
Some days are like that. You just can’t help yourself. I walked
away with a smile hoping my hard earned 500 bugs reach somebody needy on this
DIWALI…
JAI HO LAXMI MAATE