Kamau is an honest man. But he is also a shrewd businessman. And every shrewd businessman knows that when an opportunity to make an extra coin presents itself, it must not be passed upon. As it so happens, one such opportunity presented itself just last Friday. A drunkard walked into Kamau's butchery and ordered a full kitchen which Kamau promptly fetched for him. When they weighed it on the scale, it came to 2.23 kgs. The drunkard grunted and asked if there was a larger one. Kamau, despite only having one chicken left, abruptly ducked into his freezer and brought it back out. This time, knowing that the drunk would never notice, he placed his thumb on the scale and the chicken came to 2.5kgs. Satisfied, the drunk smiled and said, “Funga yote mbili.” (Pack both of them for me).
I had to take Kamau a full chicken from my butchery in the middle of the night. Being a shrewd businessman myself, I had to charge him twice its price.
It was a good day for business, not for Kamau though.
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