Driving along the Esplanade this morning after
having run an errand in Durban, I had the opportunity to observe my
surroundings since I joyously managed to catch every red robot.....and
boy are there rather a few along that stretch! As is par for the
course, these beggar stations were well occupied so I automatically
adopted the standard bobblehead pose - shake your head "no" vigorously
and avert your eyes if the pleading
persists! As a zoned out young man with over bronzed leathery skin and
shoulder length straggly hair made a beeline for my window, after being
rejected by the car infront, an unusual sight grabbed my attention.
Across the road, on the island in the middle, was a group of municipal
workers in their tidy blue overalls with grass cutters propped over
their shoulders. What stood out for me was that among them stood a
young fresh faced caucasian female with a bright pink bandana adorning
her head. She was laughing and chatting easily with her fellow collegues
and appeared to be enjoying the outdoors immensely. Rushing around
with a weedeater all day is no walk in the park, so surely this must be a
girl who really isn't going to let life do her in no matter what it
takes?
In these tough economic times, surely a job is a job and if you are willing and
able, why should you feel it's your right to burden others who too have
their own issues? Having just witnessed that, it was ever so easy to
brush away the few natural pangs of guilt I felt not really wanting to
share some of my hard earned change with the young man with the drunken
eyes.
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