The woman told him:
“I’ll get 6 eggs for 2.50 or I’ll leave and get none.”
The old salesman replied:
“You can buy them at whatever price you want. This is a good start for me because today I haven’t sold a single egg and I have to sell everything to feed my family.”
She bought these eggs at the price she wanted and left feeling like she had won.
She got into her nice car and went to a fancy restaurant with her boyfriend.
She and her friend ordered what they wanted. They ate little and left most of what they ordered.
She was given a bill of €180. The woman left a whopping €200 and told the owner of the elegant restaurant that the rest was a tip.
This story might seem normal enough for the chef of a luxury restaurant, but very unfair to the egg seller…
The question is:
Why do we always have to demonstrate power over a poor salesman when we buy what he has to offer from him?
And why are we generous to those who don’t even need our generosity?
I once read somewhere:
“My father bought goods from the poor at high prices even though he didn’t need these things.
He sometimes paid them more. I was in shock. One day I asked him, “Why are you doing this, Dad?”
And my father replied:
“This is charity wrapped in dignity, my daughter”
I know most of you will not share this message but if you are one of the people who took the time to read this story please share this story. Maybe you’re sowing a good seed…
