Women 'foolish' for returning B2m

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Women 'foolish' for returning B2m

Published: 31 Jul 2012 at 15.37
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NAKHON NAYOK - A woman and her daughter become the talk of the town after returning two million baht to the bank that was wrongly credited to their account, and people said they were foolish for being honest - including a bank official.

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Jt

Discussion 23 : 31 Jul 2012 at 22.2623
I will be at Bangkok Bank at opening time tomorrow to close my account, with employees like that I definitely can't trust my money there. Hey ladies maybe you should run a bank knowing I could trust you.
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Discussion 22 : 31 Jul 2012 at 21.4522
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The bank has lost a lot more credibility with its subsequent comments. As a PR cost, they have lost a lot!
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Discussion 21 : 31 Jul 2012 at 21.0821
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So this is the example Thai people would like for their honest citizens yet they have no comment and openly except corruption.....something is seriously adrift in this societies thinking. Thankfully there are still some honest people here and the bank employee could learn a lesson or two on how to treat people.
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Discussion 20 : 31 Jul 2012 at 20.0420
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Notice the reward money did not come from the bank.
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Discussion 19 : 31 Jul 2012 at 19.5419
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In New Zealand two years ago, A Chinese-NZer was credited with 10,000,000 NZ dollars by Westpack Bank instead of the 100,000 NZ dollars he asked for in his overdraft application. A Westpack bank official didn't put in the dot to make cents. The guy and his girlfriend fled to Macau and then to China. Both have returned to NZ and have been found guilty of stealing money and will sentenced shortly. 6,000,000 NZ dollars still has not been recovered.

These two Thai ladies did the right thing. The law will catch upo with you in the long run. But the statements by the bank people were appalling.
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Discussion 18 : 31 Jul 2012 at 19.1518
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Three of the five basic Buddhist precepts apply here; don't cheat, lie, or steal. Yet people, including a bank official, chastise the two women for having morals. They must be part of the 70% that think government corruption is OK if they get something from it also.
Thai society needs to get back to the basics and practice what the Buddha preached.
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Discussion 17 : 31 Jul 2012 at 18.5817
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BB official immaturely speaks of the Bank's credibility, but surely it proves that the checking or audit process is slow and ineffective. Pathetic that a 10-digit account was incorrectly passed of. Sure, even not highly educated those women rightly returned what was not legally their property.
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Discussion 16 : 31 Jul 2012 at 18.4516
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Hey Bangkok Bank... if you're reading this, maybe you need to fire that bank official if you want to keep from damagaing your bank's credibility.
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Margaret Sawicka

Discussion 15 : 31 Jul 2012 at 18.3515
I have lived in and visited Thailand many times. I love the culture and the people. However, in a country where corruption seems to be one of the trademarks of the government, isn't it sad that such honesty is criticized. The bank should be ashamed of itself when it worries more about its image than the fact that other people's money was returned. Good for these honest Thai ladies. I hope you got a front page story in the newspaper!
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Discussion 14 : 31 Jul 2012 at 18.2414
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So nice to see two honest ladies, and shame on the bank official that chastised them.
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