A Poor Mexican Egg Seller

                                                                                       

Patri Ferrioli

July 2

The Egg dealer

The woman asked him, " How much are you asking for  your eggs?"
The old seller replied: "$2 (pesos) the egg, ma'am."
She said, "I'll take 6 eggs for $1 each or no deal."

The old seller replied: "All right, ma'am, take them for the price you want. Maybe this is a good start, because all day long I couldn't sell a single egg."

She took the eggs and went feeling she'd won, got into her car and went to an elegant restaurant with a friend.

There, she and her friend ordered the letter, which they liked most. They ate a little and left a lot of what they ordered. Then she went to pay the bill. The bill came to $610 pesos and she handed the owner $700 asking him to keep the change.

This exchange seemed quite normal to the owner but would have been very painful for the old egg salesman.

The question is:
Why do we always exhibit our power when we buy from the needy, but are so generous with those who don't even need our generosity? Why do we live our lives according to appearances and social expectations?

"My father used to buy simple products from the poor at high prices, even though h didn't need them. Sometimes he used to pay more for them than the seller was asking.
I wondered about this behavior and asked him why he did it. My Dad replied: "I do it to wrap charity in dignity, my son"