Bizarre reason: SBI customer denied entry for wearing shorts

A man was denied
entry at an SBI branch because he was wearing improper clothes. Ashish reported
the incident on Reddit. He explained how he had an SBI account while in
college. Apparently, Ashish’s tax return was being credited to his SBI account
so he decided to close it to avoid further confusion.

“I went to the
branch today to get this done, as soon as I entered one of the peons at the
branch asked me to come back wearing “full pants” as wearing shorts
is against customer decorum. I asked him to show me where it was specified, and
he said ‘we expect customers to follow basic decency’.”

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“I asked him
to share with me any official rule or circular and I will go back. Another
clerk interjected, ‘You go to the office wearing shorts too?’ I said, ‘This is your
office, not mine, show me a dress code for customers and I will go and change.’
‘Aisi cheezon ka circular nahi hota,’ was the reply.”

Ashish further
wrote, “After a few moments of silence, a female clerk shouted ‘Yaha do
female staff hai, aapko sharam nahi aati half pant pehen ke aa gaye aap.’ I
retorted, ‘Aapko sharam nahi aati, bank mein aaye customer ke kapdo par nazar
rakhte hue? Apna kaam karo na aap’.”

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To this the staff
replied, “Aise logo ke muh lagna bekar hai, ab yahi kal nanga bhi ayega aur
ladai karega.” After all this, Ashish left the bank but it  made him
angry. 

He wrote about the
incident on Twitter and tagged the SBI official account.

This is his
tweet: 

Hey @TheOfficialSBI
went to one of your branch today wearing shorts, was told that I need to come
back wearing full pants as the branch expects customers to “maintain
decency”

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Is there some sort
of an official policy on what a customer can wear and cannot wear? — Ashish
(@ajzone008) 

He received several
responses on Twitter about the incident, many asked him to close the bank
account and others criticized the bank staff for holding duch opinions, even in
the 21st century.