A loan officer died and went up to St Peter at the Pearly Gates to present himself for admittance to heaven. St. Peter said “you did a lot of good work helping people get into homes and you donated a lot to charity and worked on that Habitat House. But, you told too many fibs to underwriters and you were unkind to your processor. We aren’t sure where you quite fit up here.”
“So, we’ve decided to show you both Heaven and Hell and see where you might feel more comfortable.” As the toured Heaven, there were big mansions, the street was paved in gold, but the harp music got on his nerves. Then St. Peter showed him Hell. He noticed that there were golf and tennis courts, people hanging out by the pool with drinks in their hands, dancing, playing cards. He told St. Peter that this was going to be a difficult choice and he would think about it and let him know in the morning.
The next morning the loan officer approached St Peter and told him that he was going to choose Hell. So, St. Peter opened the gates to hell. It was a whole different picture. Fire, brimstone, people burning, being tortured and screaming. It was hot and horrible.
“Hey” said the loan officer, “that’s not what you showed me yesterday!”
St.Peter replied, “You should have locked yesterday.”
