Pthhuuuuuh....You owe!!!!!!!!!

The funniest thing about working for a bank, besides that last week of the month before pay day when things are so thick is usually Friday, the week after pay day. After your taxes, standing orders and credit card payments there is only so much left. It’s the week when every one who calls is audibly holding their breath as they request their credit balance. Belts have been tightened so severely that the mere availability of a few hundred shillings better still a few thousand, brings such a sigh of relief that the rush makes people rather chatty. They want you to know exactly what it is they intend to do with their hard earned money-
Client: you know I have a harambee (fundraiser) what was I going to take?
Me: I don’t know? (Read I’m not interested)
Another Client: so I have money (that’s what I said!)now what can I do this week end?
Me: Enjoy? (read I don’t really care)
Etc etc by the middle of Friday afternoon I was so fed up I became amused. It doesn’t matter who you are baller, bum, staff, stranger the reaction is the same.
One guy asked me “why am I suffering so much if I have money?”
I weighed all my response options for a second then decided I didn’t want to get fired so I let it go and asked him “why, indeed?”
The thing is that these people know very well what the state of their account is, they just want the satisfaction of being reminded that- ITS NOT YOUR MONEY SO PAY IT UP or of simply missing the deadline by a whisker.
My only advice, take that credit card at your own risk and remember that the universe is not that kind, she gets pissed off every so often!