I have been witness to this many times.

It happened again on Friday afternoon.
I needed to make an enquiry at the customer care desk in the bank.
I met a queue at her front and joined.

At an average, two minutes was the time she spent attending to a customer.

Now, she attended to this particular customer for about 4-5 minutes; having done with the customer, she excused herself and stood up.

The young man at my front became annoyed, he started talking and ranting . The statement that caught my attention was "I pay your salary".
Each time I hear people say this in bank, I feel/believe they have hundreds of millions in their account.

The lady at the customer care desk became embarrased and uncomfortable.
Immediately she asked 'what can I do for you sir?'
The man needed his account balance, the lady wrote it on a paper and handed it to the young man; at this time, all eyes were on her, she was still nervous and never bothered or remembered to fold the paper (or cover the figures) in which she wrote the young man's account balance .

At this point, the queue was disorganized and I was standing at the young man's right hand side.
I carefully read through the digits on the paper, and read a balance of less than 17k.

I hate to say such statement to a banker, even if I have the kinda money taken to S.A in Orisa's jet.

Was the young man right to say he pays the lady's salary, with less than 17k in his account?

If not, how 'fat' should one's account be to justify such statement to a banker in the banking hall?