please take a seat

went to the bank today, lots of fun joining the banking rush before the holiday. anyway, this m bank is quite efficient. as soon as you come in, you move to the 'helpdesk' to get your queuing number and they'll pass you forms you need to fill up before reaching the cashier. next comes the longgggggggggggggggggggggg wait. and wait and wait and wait. finally it was my turn. went to the counter expecting to finish transaction in 5 mins but no such luck. i was made to wait. 'please have a seat' the lady at the counter said ever so politely. trouble was there were bus loads of people there that getting a seat was next to impossible plus, let the older people sitlah, we are very courteous one.
more waiting. until i almost gave up but then hear my name being called. rush to the counter got my stuff and out of there. in all there were 45 mins wait for a 5 mins transaction. not a good ratio at all.
anyone wants to recommend me another bank ??

observations while at the bank

there was a bouquet of flower (must have been sent by well wishers) there that interest me coz there were some stalks of flowers that looks very much like poppy flower. if it indeed is, it must have been sent by a drug lord to the bank as joke ! but this being malaysia, i'm sure it's just a species that looks like poppy flower.

one of the bank guards looked bit nervous which made me nervous, could just be that it's near raya and the busloads of people doing banking. but it still me me felt like there some gun trotting bank robbers were going to rush in anytime (having watched taxi doesn't help). glad to say that didn't happened.

there were people still asking if the bank have new notes, must be the 1,5 & 10s. these last minutes guys ! don't they know by now they're all gone ? sigh.... ( note to self - go change notes early for CNY ).

that's for for the short trip. more on diwali later.