The morality of dishonesty

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A few years ago robbers entered a bank in a small town.

One of them shouted: "Don't move! The money belongs to the bank. Your
lives belong to you.”

Immediately all the people in the bank laid on the floor quietly and
without panic.

This is an example of how the correct wording of a sentence can make
everyone change their view of the world.

One woman laid on the floor in a provocative manner.

The robber approached her saying, " Ma'am, this is a robbery not a
rape. Please behave accordingly."

This is an example of how to behave professionally, and focus on the goal.

While running from the bank the youngest robber (who had a college
degree) said to the oldest robber (who had barely finished elementary
school): "Hey, maybe we should count how much we stole." ?

The older man replied: "Don’t be stupid. It's a lot of money so let's
wait for the news on TV to find out how much money was taken from the
bank."

This is an example of how life experience is more important than a degree.

After the robbery, the manager of the bank said to his accountant:

"Let's call the cops and tell them how much has been stolen."

"Wait”, said the Accountant, "before we do that, let's add the
$800,000 we took for ourselves a few months ago and just say that it
was stolen as part of today’s robbery."

This is an example of taking advantage of an opportunity.

The following day it was reported in the news that the bank was
robbed of $ 3 million.

The robbers counted the money, but they found only $1 million so they
started to grumble.

"We risked our lives for $1 million, while the bank's management
robbed two million dollars without blinking? Maybe its better to
learn how to work the system, instead of being a simple robber."

This is an example of how knowledge can be more useful than power.


Moral :Give a person a gun, and he can rob a bank . Give a person a
bank, and he can rob everyone.
 
Moral :Give a person a gun, and he can rob a bank . Give a person a
bank, and he can rob everyone.

Good one that, live in Spain and see how often that happens!
 
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Good one that, live in Spain and see how often that happens!

And the best bit is, a spanish bank is buying out TSB, I feel sorry for TSB customers (even though I started off as one before they got bought out by lloyds)... :D
 
I forgot about the former Abbey National, they've gone downhill too...
 
And the best bit is, a spanish bank is buying out TSB, I feel sorry for TSB customers (even though I started off as one before they got bought out by lloyds)... :D

And I thought Spain was one of those places in deep financial brown stuff.
 
And I thought Spain was one of those places in deep financial brown stuff.

They are, hence my feeling sorry for people who were forced into being with the TSB when they split from LloydsTSB... :D
 
Banking related, but!
When I left the UK 12.5 years ago I had an account with The Woolwich. Left about 4 quid in it.
Went back to the UK for Harry´s funeral ( my brother ) about 4 years ago and decided to " tidy up " some of my affairs in the UK. The Woolwich didn´t exist, had to go to Barclays.
I was asked " would you like that in cash, or a cheque " I said cash ( thinking 4 quid ) and was told come back tomorrow!
Went back, 640 quid in my pocket! Apparently a " take over bonus " !
 
Went back, 640 quid in my pocket! Apparently a " take over bonus " !

Surprising that Barclays didn't claim you'd done something against their T&Cs and kept the money like they tried on with he mother when they closed her account... :-rofl2

Still, nice bonus that... :D
 
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