It was my day to open the branch at
the bank last Friday. I had recently been promoted as bank manager and thus I
had the authority to open and close the bank. I had only done this procedure
perhaps 5 times and so I was still pretty new at it. I was also pretty new at
being a key holder and so the most terrifying thing happened to me that day; I
had left my keys at home. I live in Las Cruces which is the next city over and
a little far from the branch; it was much easier to look up a locksmith in El Paso where our branch
was than to drive back home.
We obviously had to call our
headquarters right away to let them know of what had happened. They did not
know that our other manager was on vacation and the boss was furious because of
my mistake. Thankfully the locksmith guy from El Paso was able to help us resolve this issue in
an efficient way. However, this mistake could have cost me a job, and you know
that high paying salaries are not all that available, much less for someone who
would have gotten fired like me. A suggestion to all who are managers, always
do the ritual of making sure you do not close your house door without having
everything you need for work in your hands!