A story about IBM chairman John Aker.

 

The story is he went into his bank dressed in blue jeans to finalize a business transaction. The teller told him the officer he needed was not in and Aker would have to come back the next day. John told him that was fine and asked the teller to validate his parking ticket. The teller told him she could not validate the ticket because he had not completed a financial transaction. He asked for an exception since he had come to the bank intending to do business but was not able due to the appropriate officer not being in. The teller refused and said that was the bank's policy.   So Aker decided to make a business transaction. He closed his account which had one-and-a-half million dollars in it. That qualified for a business transaction and the teller was able to validate his ticket.