A reader writes-attribution unknown. The following conversation, between a bank cashier and Obama, is a description of a dramatized event, and as far as I know, it never actually every happened.
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President Obama walks into the Bank of America to cash a check.
As he approaches the cashier he says "Good morning Ma'am, could you please cash this check for me"?
Cashier: "It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID"?
Obama: "Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me because I didn't think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States of America!!!"
Cashier: "Yes sir, I know who you say you are, but with all the regulations, and monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers, I must insist on seeing ID."
Obama: "Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am."
Cashier: "I am sorry Mr. President, but these are the bank rules and I must follow them."
Obama: "I am urging you please to cash this check."
Cashier: "Look Mr. President let me give you some examples of what other people have done in similar situations: One day Tiger Woods came into this bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods, he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful putt across the bank into the Bank Managers coffee cup. With that shot we knew he was Tiger Woods and we cashed his check. Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot and the tennis ball landed right here in my cup. With that shot, we cashed his check. So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the President of the United States?"
Obama stood there thinking and thinking and finally said: "Honestly, there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can't think of a single thing I can do to help this situation."
Cashier: "Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?"
As he approaches the cashier he says "Good morning Ma'am, could you please cash this check for me"?
Cashier: "It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID"?
Obama: "Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me because I didn't think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States of America!!!"
Cashier: "Yes sir, I know who you say you are, but with all the regulations, and monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers, I must insist on seeing ID."
Obama: "Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am."
Cashier: "I am sorry Mr. President, but these are the bank rules and I must follow them."
Obama: "I am urging you please to cash this check."
Cashier: "Look Mr. President let me give you some examples of what other people have done in similar situations: One day Tiger Woods came into this bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods, he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful putt across the bank into the Bank Managers coffee cup. With that shot we knew he was Tiger Woods and we cashed his check. Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot and the tennis ball landed right here in my cup. With that shot, we cashed his check. So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the President of the United States?"
Obama stood there thinking and thinking and finally said: "Honestly, there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can't think of a single thing I can do to help this situation."
Cashier: "Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?"
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