The Three Stooges

You would expect the poor to have the decency to accept any amount of money given to them, but to demand for a certain amount with an attitude is just beyond me.

So there I was outside Sarooj select market, just about to step out of my mini, when these three boys approach me selling a product where if given to me for free I would probably throw it away in the gutter. Don't get me wrong, I am a nice person, I am all for helping the poor, but to be our scammed for a product that doesn't worth a dime for a money that could get me a nice meal at KFC is just not right, is plain simple day
Light robbery, only that the incident took place at night.

So I had two options, push them away, or give them something less instead, you know them being the poor and what have you. "Mam, you can keep your money, we are not interested, we want one rial for this product". And who said that the poor are not Entrepreneurs, think again, they invented the damn word

Quick calc, they had like 30 of that product on each of the three boys bag. They were asking for one rial each, so that's a total of 90 rials for all three of them. And god knows how many of those they got them stashed back home. In a good day, they would probably end up going with not less 100 rials, thats a total of 3000 rials per month, let assume it cost them 200 baisa to make that product, meaning 800 baisa of net profit per product, which equates to 80 rials per day, 2400 rials per month clean slat profit. And all the time I thought I am the one who had it good! And all they had to do is, look miserable, all innocent like and use the smallest one of them as their form of attack.

"Mam, the youngest one, probably not more than 8 years old said "we are poor, you wont loose nothing if you gave away on rials now would you do?". You must give it to the boy, he was good, with his raggedy clothes, he was really, really good, for a moment there I thought he got me, but 2400 rials per month for a semi oscar award performance, no way hoosay

The nerve those kids have, demanding one rial as if they had all the right in the world. Of course I resisted, and tried to push them away, you either take the 300 baisa or scram kiddo. Stressing on the word "Entrepreneurs" the reaction i got from them did prove my point even more. They took the 300 baisa and throw it on my face, and the boy said out loud, making sure each and every soul in that area heard "Its not the money mam, its the principle". What Principle, and all the time I thought I am the one who was trying to make a point, stressing my so called principle.

A person beside me on another car, gave me this look having "Shame on you words, written all over his face", called the boy gave each Two rials. Question is, was that an intention act from the boys gaining sympathy from the others, or they were indeed sincere, maybe they were sincere NOTTTTTTTTTT

While breezing back home on my mini top down, I was thinking, if only those three stooges used their talent in something else useful, than again who am I to say, I am the one who lost my reputation back there and they were the ones who went home with 200% profit.

Mini Words of Wisdom" Stressing on a principle to a person who believes deeply on a principle that counteract your principle is just a waste of time, and the results could be devastating"

So If you ever experience such incident, just give them the damn money" so what if they make 2400 rials per month, its just a brain Surgeon salary, no biggy!