I am a part-time bank teller. My job consists of cashing out checks, deposit or withdrawing money from accounts... whatever you think happens with your money in a bank is part of my job. My shift is the afternoon and early evenings and I handle whatever transactions come through my branches' drive-thru. Usually, Friday evenings are the big payday of the week. We get a lot of people that want to get their checks cashed, and so the bank gets busy with its occasional rushes.
At the end of every evening, its required to count your remaining cash and total the checks that you received during your day. Everything should be in balance with what is in the computer. I usually don't have any problems.
Except on Friday evening because my cash drawer was a $100 short. I was going crazy trying to find where that cash would have gone. I recounted my cash drawer twice and I was frantic trying to find think of who I could have given too much money. At the end of the night, I could not find the missing money and I had to show a $100 difference (never a good thing! :S). I went home with a headache.
On Saturday, the next day, I walk into work with the determination to find what could have happened to the missing money. I thought about all the transactions I did and I narrowed it down to one customer that I believe that I might given an extra cash. I was just waiting for the best time to call this lady to see if my assumption was correct.
But than, a Spanish guy walks into the bank and speaks to our Spanish speaking Customer Service Representative (CSR). He does not know any English and I hear them talking away when I hear the CSR call out to me and the other teller... "were any of you short in cash last night?"
My head snaps up and I say, "Yes, I was!"
The CSR asks, "By how much?"
I reply, "I was short $100..."
The CSR recounts the money and this man has an extra $100!
He came in to return the money!!! The CSR later explains to me that the man walked in asking, "Can you count this money for me? I think I was given too much when I came through the drive-thru last night."
The CSR also explained to me that he said he didn't want one of the tellers to get into trouble!! What a sweet man! My heart swelled at his kind gesture and I was so full of gratitude towards this man that I could not stop saying "Thank you!" and "Gracias!" to him.
Most people would not return the extra money, and that just goes to show you that...
there are good people in this world and may Allah bless them all!!!
3 comments:
awww.. well Happy Eid to you ;]
In Arabic they say "in khelyet bilyet" which means in you have no more good people than the world would corrupt. So long we're living and being there is the good and the bad... more bad but its still out there.. bless ya love
Pretty cool! I was contacted once by a CSR at my bank...she was over and wanted to verfy she gave me enough! t couldn't take the money from her. Good to hear honesty goes both ways!
It is the sparkling of such gems of human goodness once in a blue moon that gives flavor to our life and keeps many people going.
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