A retired bank manager recollects his past life.A particular incident in the bank troubles him.Write a short story about his manager.
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Once upon a time (not very long ago) in a town there was a bank like all other banks in the world that earn huge profits by lending people’s money to people in the name of loans. The people working in banks are predominantly so called intellectuals having little inclinations for emotions. Put simply they are indifferent to people’s need and quite sensitive to figures, amounts, facts, and rules.
A manager of the nature above mentioned, oversaw the functioning of the bank we are talking about. Every day he would receive hundreds of loan applications that he very meticulously rejected and refused. Though the banks are instructed to provide financial services to the less fortunate, but the only class they provide their services to are the classes that are fortunate as they fulfill all the requirements and clauses sought by the banks.
This bank manager after having provided his perfect and flawless services to the society retired at the age of 65. Now he had almost nothing to do except sit free, read paper, or watch TV. Often in his leisure the memories from his past flashed on his mind. One evening as he was sitting in his garden, a memory flashed upon his mind and made him restless with regret. This what he saw in his mind:
Approximately 5 years prior to his retirement, a very humble father accompanied by his promising son entered his office with closed hands. The father pleaded to the manger, ‘Sir, my son has topped in the district in Secondary Examination. I wish to send him to university for engineering. However, I don’t have the money to pay the humongous fee. I have come for an education loan! Could I avail the loan?’ The manager had the knack of assessing the applicants’ financial and general condition. He immediately assessed that the father would not be able to repay the loan. So, he flatly refused him. There were tears in both the eyes of the father and the son when they left his office. The manger felt guilty conscience. A voice in his heart was chiding him for being so apathetic to someone who actually needed the money. He remembered how easily he would clear loan files of those who were rich and not in need of money. He felt remorseful and penitent.