We have a position open for a guard and there were two people who were interested. One man came for an interview the other did not. The man who came seemed nice and his previous employer said he did a great job. His wife, who works as a cook at our home, says he is a good worker but he gets drunk 2 or 3 times a month and will miss work. You got to give her credit for honesty!
Later that night, I was visiting my friend Joyti. Joyti has a great spirit. She has next to nothing yet is always giving what she has to help others. I really enjoy chatting with her in her bamboo hut which invariably has about 5 guests. I was chatting with her and the other applicant was there to get some food since he no money to buy any. He seemed nice enough, but a little pitiful. He was a young man with a bad back, no papers to work legally, and was just getting over malaria (remarkably, they are out of malaria medicine at all of the public hospitals in this region during this the peak of the Malaria season!). He was too weak to walk to work. Either way pitiful, but nice guy.
I need the first man because he can do many things for us. The second man needs us because he is down on his luck. I hired them both.
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That's the way to do business, Steve! - Lilia
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