She asked him,
'How much are you selling the eggs for?' The old seller replied, $0.50 for an
egg, Madam.'
She said to him,
'I will take 6 eggs for $2.50 or I will leave.' The old seller replied, 'Come
take them at the price you want. May be, this is a good beginning because I
have not been able to sell even a single egg today.'
She took the eggs
and walked away feeling she has won. She got into her fancy car and went to a
posh restaurant with her friend. There, she and her friend, ordered whatever
they liked. They ate a little and left a lot of what they ordered. Then she
went to pay the bill. The bill costed her $180.00. She gave $200.00 and asked
the owner of the restaurant to keep the change.
This incident
might have seemed quite normal to the owner, but very painful to the poor egg
seller.
The point is,
Why do we always
show we have the power when we buy from the needy ones? And why do we get
generous to those who do not even need our generosity?
I once read
somewhere:
My father used to
buy simple goods from poor people at high prices, even though he did not need
them. I got concerned by this act and asked him why does he do so? Then my
father replied, “It is a charity wrapped with dignity, my child.”
