Wednesday Walk: Funny Stories at BCA

Before leaving, my wife and I could only drink lime juice and manga juice. Because, at 06.45 in the morning we had to arrive at the office of Bank Central Asia (BCA), at Taman Kopo Indah (TKI) Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. So, from home we left at 05.45 by motorbike.

Praise God, at 06.40 we arrived there. When parking the motorbike, we saw that there were several people waiting in line waiting for the BCA office which was not yet open.

Only a few minutes later, the queue grew longer. But the BCA office is not open yet. My wife was getting restless. Because, a few days ago, an officer at the BCA office once said that my wife had to arrive at 06.45 in order to be served by customer service (CS).

Exactly at 07.00 the BCA office opened. The customers who were waiting in line began to move towards the officers. My wife was shocked when confronted by the officer. My wife thought that was in the long queue to get into the office and immediately get service from CS. It wasn't like that. People queue it up to get the queue number.

At 07.03, my wife got queue number 11 (D 0011). My wife's face looked sad when she received the queue number from the clerk. He said, at 08.15 my wife would be called to get service from CS.

But, fortunately, our stomachs are hungry. Yes, we need food for breakfast. And we remember that TKI has a vegetarian canteen. Yes, we agreed to go there. We miss Ci Sinmoy's cooking. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, we haven't enjoyed Ci Sinmoy's cooking.

So, from the BCA office, we walked to the vegetarian canteen. We don't know, is the canteen open or not? And it turns out, thank God, the canteen is open. We are happy to see Ci Sinmoy again. He greeted us with a smile. And we immediately ordered food that was displayed on the wheel.

We ordered two portions. In addition to rice, on my plate there is a goulash of pumpkin leaves, bala-bala and sardines. Meanwhile, on my wife's plate there was butter fried chicken, bitter melon and bala-bala. Mmm.... the food is delicious.

Besides us, there was a mother eating there. She's very friendly. She was very happy to see us as vegetarians. Her name is Mrs Liem. We just got to know the old woman. Mrs. Liem said that she just found out that there are Muslims who are vegetarians.

"I've been vegetarian since 1988," I replied to Mrs Liem.
Mrs. Liem said that vegetarians have good immunity and antibodies. Although infected with Covid-19, a vegetarian will soon recover.

Before leaving the canteen, I took a picture of my wife and Mrs Liem.

At 08.00 we returned to the BCA office. And, wow, there were already a lot of people crowding the side of the road waiting for a call from the officer.

There is no queue like this morning. People waited while standing around the parking lot in front of the office. While the other people sat on the aqueduct.

At 08.20 my wife was called by the officers. He entered the office holding the queue number paper. I as his companion can not enter. Unlike the era before the Covid-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, I was allowed to join my wife in the BCA office.

So, like everyone else too, I waited outside by the parking lot. While waiting, I observed the surroundings. Then I took a picture of something that caught my attention.

I saw some people not wearing masks. In fact, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government requires people to wear masks.
I saw people sitting on top of the air ducts. From a distance it looks good sitting there. Shady. But when I approached them, I didn't want to sit on the aqueduct. Because there is a lot of garbage in the drains. No wonder TKI floods during the rainy season, because the drains are clogged with garbage.

A young man approached me. He is just like me waiting for his wife who is waiting with CS BCA. He pretended that he had waited so long. But, I said, just enjoy it patiently and happily. He smiled. Then approached his motorbike which was stored at the top of the road. I went to see some shops that were open. When I returned to the place, I saw the young man sleeping soundly on his motorbike. "Wow, he really enjoys it," said my heart.

At 10:00 a.m. my cell phone rang. I saw my wife texting via WhatsApp. He said that his business at the BCA office was finished. Of course I was happy and immediately chased my motorbike in the parking lot. And I saw my wife was there. He looked happy, because his ATM card had been turned into a BCA chip card.

Yes, we went to the BCA office just to change the ATM card.

Our eldest son also has a BCA account, but he doesn't want to change his ATM card. In fact, he will close his account. Now he tries not to involve himself in usury. But my wife still needs a bank account for easy transactions in buying and selling. He didn't mean to look for usury in his bank account.

That's my story on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. I hope this story entertains you. God bless you all.