One day, three bankers, a Citibanker, one from HSBC and another
from Maybank, went for a walk. They were old buddies from school,
and they were remembering the tough old days they went as students
together.
For no apparent reason, they went into a zoo and passed an
elephant.
Being from the same field and the same school, there is little bit
of peer competition going on, so when he saw this elephant, an idea
clicked the Citibanker, he said to the others "Why don't we prove
who is the best among us?".
The others, of course, agreed.
Then the Citibank said "Let's make a test. Whoever can make this
elephant laugh, he works for the best Bank".
They all agreed and started.
Being a pure logical strategist, the Citibanker tried to make the
elephant laugh by telling jokes (In this story, the elephant do
understand the language, boleh la). Of course it stayed
still.
As a more practical guy, the HSBC guy tried to make funny
gestures...and the elephant still stood firm.
Now, it?s the Maybanker turn. Being the tomorrow -can- do- it guy,
he whispered something to the elephant, and it laughed at him while
pointing its trunk at him. The other two were astonished.
How come this Maybanker beat them?
So the HSBC guy said "OK, let's make another test. Let's make this
elephant cry".
So there they went again.
The Citibanker told sad stories,
The HSBC guy made sad gestures,
and they fail again.
Then, the Maybanker whispered something again in the elephant's ear
and it just cried, weeping and patting away.
This can't be, thought the other two.
So the Citibanker said "OK, you've won twice. If you can win this
test, we will bow to you. Let's make this elephant run".
He went and barked to the elephant orders to run. Of course, it
stayed still.
The HSBC guy pushes the elephant and stabs it with stake to make it
run, it stayed still.
So...our Maybanker comes to it and whispers something again in its
ear and the elephant ran and ran as fast as it could, as if it was
scared to death.
The other two surrendered.
"OK, you're the best, pal. You work for a very good Bank; not even
our global bankers can beat you. Do tell us your secret".
"Well" said the Maybanker
"The first time I made it laugh, I said "Maybank is the best bank
".
"When I made it cry, I told the elephant how much I get
paid".
"And when I made it run scared to death, I said to it,
"Why don't you join Maybank?"
