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Why Desperate People Are Poor and Broke
Give me some money; please help me to make some money, please, I beg you look at my work. Can anyone help me make a little money, please please, please? I’m hopeless; no one wants to buy my e-book and online courses; I will starve to death and die. Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap on your tiny tail.
Raise your head and stand straight, you little monkey; you are standing in front of his majesty, “Nour the Great.” He has patiently listened to you, whining for hours like a hungry bitch. Ask courageously, and his majesty shall reward you with his limitless kindness and generosity.
I don’t think I can talk about why desperate people are broke in a single episode; I need to write an entire TV series about the reasons behind the poverty of desperate people.
Last month I was sitting with a friend at McDonald’s because he likes to eat that crap, and a kid came by and asked a lady desperately near me who seemed to be from Saudi Arabia to give him some money and he would give her a small pack of napkins in return.
She looked at the kid and said: if you held that pack nicely and told me, If you need napkins, I would like to sell this pack for $1. I would think of you as a businessman and perhaps buy what you offer.
Now I see you as a beggar, and I don’t give money out of pity unless I think there is…