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Life Lessons Trough Robbery




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Do you believe that a robbery can teach us a lesson, and not just one but seven lessons? Read this funny story and choose the right rule to each situation. The first two rules are done for you.
  
Life Lessons Through Robbery

 

1 During a robbery in Guangzhou, China, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: "Don't move. The money belongs to the State. Your life belongs to you." Everyone in the bank laid down quietly.

 

This is called "Mind Changing Concept” - Change the conventional way of thinking.

2 When a lady lay on the table provocatively, the robber shouted at her: "Please be civilized! This is a robbery and not a rape!"

This is called "Being Professional” - Focus only on what you are trained to do!

3 When the bank robbers returned home, the younger robber (MBA-trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year 6 in primary school): "Big brother, let's count how much we got."

The older robber rebutted and said: "You are very stupid. There is so much money- it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV news will tell us how much we robbed from the bank!"

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4 After the robbers had left, the bank manager told the bank supervisor to call the police quickly. But the supervisor said to him: "Wait! Let us take out $10 million from the bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzled from the bank”.

This is called   
5 The supervisor says: "It will be good if there is a robbery every month."

This is called  
6 The next day, the TV news reported that $100 million was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count $20 million. The robbers were very angry and complained: "We risked our lives and only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80 million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a thief!"

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7 The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses in the share market are now covered by this robbery.

This is called

So who are the real robbers here?