09/14/2023
A lady asks: "How much do you sell your eggs for?"
The old vendor replies "50ยข an egg, madam.โ The lady says, โI'll take 6 eggs for $2.50 or I'm leaving.โ
The old salesman replies โBuy them at the price you want, Madam. This is a good start for me because I haven't sold a single egg today and I need this to live.โ
She bought her eggs at a bargain price and left with the feeling that she had won.
She got into her fancy car and went to a fancy restaurant with her friend. She and her friend ordered what they wanted. They ate a little and left a lot of what they had asked for.
They paid the bill, which was $150. The ladies gave $200 and told the fancy restaurant owner to keep the change as a tip...
This story might seem quite normal to the owner of the fancy restaurant, but very unfair to the egg seller...
The question it raises is:
๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฎ?
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐?
I once read this somewhere ,that a father used to buy goods from poor people at high prices, even though he didn't need the things. Sometimes he paid more for them.
I was amazed. One day his son asked him "Why are you doing this Dad?" His father replied: "It's charity wrapped in dignity, son."
I want to challenge each one of us to do better. We can do that.
