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? A man's self respect, stature in society are all immaterial
to the agent who is only primed at recovery. This is the
modernized version of Shylock's pound of flesh. No
explanation is given regarding the interest charge and the
bank takes cover under the guise of the holder of the
card or loan having signed the agreement whose fine
print is never read or explained to the owner.
? When a harassed man approaches the Court or the police
station he is not armed with a recording phone and finds
it difficult to give evidence of the abuse he has suffered.
Here the bank gets away with everything. Young and Old
members of the family threatened on streets, institutions
and also at home at godforsaken hours by these agents
who have the full support of their contractor bank. The
stance taken by the bank in any suit alleging such
incidents is that no such agent has been appointed by
them or their agents do not misbehave in the manner
aforesaid and if found guilty the agents have to bear the
cross and the bank gets away scot free.