In this entry, i wanna share something my friend told me early in the evening today. The story was both bizarre and interesting while definitely very unique. You know sometimes, there's certain story that can make us laugh heartily, shake our head regretfully, angry and amuse, all at the same time?
This story is like that. And it happened today at his office. A man, Malay, big and burly, came to his office about noon and claimed that he was from Kastam Malaysia. For some people, kastam can be both bad and good. Bad - when they are on duty, and good, when they are off-duty. Why? Because when they're off-duty, they come out with so many confiscated/impounded stuff from unsuccessful attempt of smuggling or illegal activities.
So, this man came to my friend's office, and went straight to the big boss' office. There, he made an offer no one can refuse, with the usual punch line for every salesman, "You better hurry, today is the last day for such offer. This is one in a lifetime opportunity."
As if that wasn't enough, he then added, "There are only a few left. That's why you can't tell so many people about it."
So, now i will ask you to take your breath because these were the offer from the 'kastam' man:
- Sony Plasma TV 32" with Home Theathre Set = RM 1000
- HP Laptop with 4 in 1 Printer = RM 500
- Nokia N95 (the latest with 8GB storage) = RM 500
No need to say, the boss, together with one other big boss, a secretary and one other guy in the office felt so excited with the offer. Unfortunately(?) for my friend, he wasn't there at the moment to share the excitement.
The first boss paid RM2000 for all the above, and so did the secretary, while the guy in the office paid RM500 for the laptop. The other boss (bigger one, actually) paid an undisclosed amount of money to the man. If you made a lucky guess, i think, at least she must have paid that guy at least RM4000. But the better bet sure is more...What happened next, exactly at 12.30pm, the guy with the big boss (a chinese lady) went to take all the stuff. The place? Kelana Jaya. Wait a minute. The guy is a Malay, but he didn't go to Solat Jumaat?! Huh. Shame on him. And it turned out, that wasn't the only SIN he committed.
The rest, i think you can already predict. After the big boss handed over all the cash, the man asked her to wait in the car while he went to 'negotiate' the release of all the impounded stuff and give them to her. But he never return, and after more than 4 hours of waiting, the lady boss went back to the office with the bad news.
So, my friend was very fortunate, he wasn't at the office at the time or he also would have been scammed. I don't care much about the boss. They are rich. RM2000, or RM4000, that wasn't a very big amount to them.
But the secretary and the other guy... i'm sure the bitter taste will linger for a long time after this. Their hardwork-savings vanished, and they left the day with a very definite question but with no definite answer,
"how can i believe the man in the first place?"
Let's ask ourselves. If we were there at these unfortunate peoples' place, could we smell the scam that was just in front of our nose? I think yes, BUT somehow we will tell ourselves, this is just too great opportunity to be missed. If we didn't take it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives...
So this is a lesson we can take. Just be careful... and maybe we better pay closer attention to what our instinct try to tell us next time, huh...
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