14 March 2009

A banker and his umbrella

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

Mark Twain

3 comments:

Tim said...

Just like insurance companies, they are always there to collect the money. Just wait until you have to file a claim!

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

True!

Very true!

And this is from a personal experience with an American insurance company in 1985.

Anonymous said...

Since I work in a bank - not necessarily a banker though - I need to ponder upon this ...