The Demand Draft

She was in Ayurvedic college perhaps in her 2^nd year. She was born and brought up in Shilllong and during one vacation she visited home.  Her younger brother, everyone in her family called him “Chote” was doing his engineering in Nagpur. He was in his first year that time. Now their father had to send him a demand draft, may be to pay the college fee. Now Anjali’s father told her to make a demand draft in bank and courier it to Chote. Anjali told her father “I will not do it, as I have never made any draft. I am not comfortable with bank related work." Her father got very angry on that and insisted that she must do it as he had a very busy schedule the next day. He also said to her that it’s high time for her to know all those things.

Next day morning her father explained to her how to fill the form and all. So Anjali went to the bank and asked someone where to make a draft. The person showed her the counter where she could make the draft.  She filled the form and paid cash in the counter. The clerk gave her the receipt and asked her to wait. She waited for some time but as the bank was much crowded and also she had to go to her friend’s place, so she left from there.  She thought she already got the draft. She went to a courier service and actually has sent the receipt to her brother Chote in Nagpur. She assumed that the receipt is the actual draft.

In the evening her father asked her “Did you send the draft to Chote?”  She proudly said “Yes, Papa and showed him the courier agency’s acknowledgement”. Her father asked her “Can you show me the draft receipt?” She asked “what draft receipt?”  Father replied “They must have given  some receipt when you made the draft?” She replied “That one i couriered to Chote” After some conversation her father got to know that she actually sent the receipt and the draft is still with the bank. Her father was shocked!!!  and i don't have to say anything on how he reacted that time.

Next day her father went to the bank and meets the bank manager. As the bank manager was little-known to him so there was n’t much problem to get the draft without any receipt. He got the draft but the manager asked him “How cum you are so irresponsible that you left the draft just like that and also right now you don’t have the receipt?” Her father was not sure what to say that time and he just said “Actually I sent our doodwala(Milkman) to make the draft as I was busy yesterday and he messed up everything”