“What time is Mike arriving, Soom?” asked Lek.
“I’m not sure. I’m waiting to hear from him. He said he may have to work this weekend again. He’s tied up with an audit of the creditworthiness of one of the bank’s biggest clients. They’ve got to be so careful now. Thai banks weren’t affected much by the meltdown of the financial sector… not like they were in America and Europe, but their clients are being hit by the resulting financial slowdown and the Thai banks have got a lot of money tied up in them.”
“I see,” said Lek, trying to take an interest in her daughter’s job, but finding it an uphill struggle. “I didn’t realise before that the bank staff worked on weekends.”
“It depends, tellers don’t, security does, IT does, and the auditors might if there’s a need… like, say if a client wan
