How fitting, this dig given what's unfolding
Lee Hsien Loong walks into DBS to cash a cheque.
Surrounded by a large entourage of bodyguards, he approaches the cashier. “Good morning Ma’am, could you please cash this cheque for me please?”
The cashier replies, "It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your IC?"
Lee Hsien Loong: "Truthfully, I did not bring my IC with me as I didn't think there was any need to. I am Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore!"
Cashier: "Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations, monitoring of the banks, security hacks and loopholes etc, I must insist on seeing your IC."
Lee Hsien Loong: "Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am!"
Cashier: "I am sorry sir, but these are the bank rules and I must follow them. I cannot lose my job… I… I… I need to support my elderly parents... they can’t withdraw their CPF money."
Lee Hsien Loong: "I understand your concerns, but I am urging you to please cash this cheque. I really need to buy a gift for Ho Ching for her birthday!"
Cashier: “Look, how about this. One day, Fandi Ahmad came in without his IC. To prove he was Fandi Ahmad, he took out his football and lobbed it into the dustbin at the other side of the room. With that shot, we knew he was Fandi Ahmad and cashed his cheque. Another time, Feng Tianwei came in without her IC. She pulled out her table tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot where the ball landed in my coffee cup. With that shot, we cashed her cheque. So, sir, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the Prime Minister of Singapore?”
Lee Hsien Loong stood there thinking, and thinking, and finally says: "Honestly, 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. Prime Minister?"