He was a native of a place known for its agricultural products. He would bring quality rice for the divisional head whom he loved so much. One divisional head was fond of jackfruit. And he would bring the best quality jackfruit from his native village for him.
As far as the office was concerned, he had a philosophy. He would inform division head the work he was doing on a daily basis.
When he goes on a branch visit, he would invariably ask the branch head to let him have some business papers.
A shrewd man that he is, he would select papers for high amounts running to lacs. A few papers of say, three lacs, five lacs or such high amounts. All papers duly checked. Together he might have signed just a few papers, say ten or fifteen.
Then he would return to his headquarters and announce before his division head:"Sir, I underwrote proposals for 85 lacs, " or sometimes even many crores.
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Here the division head got an innocent impression that Prem Nath really worked hard and helped the branch in completing a good amount of business. Nobody would ever know that it was a job of just signing a few papers and nothing else.
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Lesson: Sky is the limit when a person starts making claims.
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