Friday, June 6, 2008
Buy ? Don't buy? ;8:39 PM
Just a few minutes ago, there was this guy who came knocking on my door selling ice cream. He said that he had a car accident and showed me a scar on his forehead. He seem to have lazy eyes also. His left eye just couldn't look straight. He was selling 1 tub of ice cream for $15. EX right!! But because of his condition, I bought la.
But later my brother told me that such people do not earn much. Most of the money will eventually go to their boss and what they earn is basically a standard comminsion rate. So buying from them won't really help the guy Furthermore you can get 1 tub of the same thing from NTUC for 5 bucks la.
Now i'm $15 poorer! arghh
Later on I started thinking...
Would it be fair to other ice-cream sellers that you're using your illness to get more customers? not that he deserve his plight la. But then again.. when is the world ever fair? Statistics show that prettier woman tend to get higher pay jobs. So why can't he use his 'natural resources' to gain income?
Anyway.. won't buy such stuff anymore. so ex la! anyway if he really needs help, there are resources in the community that can help him out. CDC, Family service centers etc. anyway it is these organisation's job to help such people out...
i love sushi!