Friday, 17 January 2020

When you want to (discreetly) borrow things on credit at the shop, that is when customers fill the shop. That is when the entire district decides to buy things from that shop. And not just the entire district, but all the people in the district who know you. When the shopkeeper is finally alone and you are about to expose your pitiful financial state and other secrets, 27 customers suddenly enter the shop. You tell the shopkeeper that you'll be back. You lie that you want to rush somewhere first. You meet 13 more customers on your way out. You go back home and sit for 10 minutes then go back to the shop. You enter the shop at the same time with your next door neighbour. Since you don't want them to hear you borrowing kerosene and bread, you pretend that you're a kind person and let them get served first. As you wait for the shopkeeper to finish serving them, 64 customers stream in. Because you know about 50 of them, you greet them heartily as you cleverly weave your way out of the shop to 'answer a phone call'. You go back to your house and ask God some pretty tough questions. After 20 minutes, you go back to the shop, hopeful that you'll find the shopkeeper alone. But when you get there the shop is already closed.

Challenges are many

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