President Obama walks into a local bank in Chicago to cash a check. He is
surrounded by Secret Service agents. As he approaches the cashier he says,
"Good morning Ma'am, could you please cash this check for me?"
Cashier:
"It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID?"
Obama:
"Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn't think there was
Any need to. I am President Barack Obama, the President of the United
States of AMERICA !!!!"
Cashier:
"Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations and monitoring
of the banks because of 9/11, impostors, forgers, money laundering, and
bad mortgage underwriting not to mention requirements of the Dodd/Frank
legislation, etc., I must insist on seeing ID."
Obama:
“Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you.
Everybody knows who I am."
Cashier:
"I am sorry Mr. President but these are the bank rules and I must follow
them."
Obama:
"I am urging you, please, to cash this check. I need to buy a gift for
Michelle for Valentine’s Day"
Cashier:
"Look Mr. President, here is an example of what we can do. One day, Tiger
Woods came into one of our bank branches without ID. To prove he was
Tiger Woods he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the
bank into a coffee cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and
cashed his check.”
“Another time, Andre Agassi came into the same place without ID. He
pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot where the
tennis ball landed in a coffee cup. With that shot we cashed his check.
So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you,
as the President of the United States?"
Obama:
Obama stands there thinking, and thinking, and finally says, "Honestly,
my mind is a total blank...there is nothing that comes to my mind. I
can't think of a single thing. I have absolutely no idea what to do and I
don’t have a clue.”
Cashier:
"Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?
