Memoirs of a Sharmer
Look Before You Leap
It was observing the latter that I noticed one of the girls was always trying to make sure everyone else was ok; anyone needed anything she jumped up and got it, anyone asked about anything she was always there to reply and so on.
Watching she reminded me of myself once upon a time long ago. Until I discovered that no one seems to be happy, grateful or satisfied anymore...no matter how hard you try, in fact, the result seems to be just the opposite; the more you try the more disgruntled and expectant people get.
Well, as they say; please all, and you will please none, not even yourself...
I am usually very level headed but on the certain occasion I can be impulsive... It was on one of these occasions that things suddenly went wrong...
I was going back home soon and needed to buy gifts for family and friends, and where better to look than the Old Market for typical Souvenirs?
After having my morning coffee on my balcony with a view of Tiran Island, I had a quick shower, got dressed and hit the streets. I was glad that I had remembered to bring a light jacket with me as it was now quite cold.
I walked around for an hour or so, in which time I had managed to pick up some pretty cool gifts but i was still down on a lot a needed something different. I was also starting to get a headache from all the ‘come look in my shop...’ that I was constantly hearing.
Thinking it time I had a cigarette, I stopped to sit on a bench and light up. While i was thankfully puffing away, a man came and sat next to me. I couldn’t quite tell where he was from as he didn’t seem Egyptian and didn’t like to ask.
I started chatting to him for a while and told him all about how i was looking for gifts and so. Immediately he said he knew where I could get them and if I waited on the bench until I finished my cigarette, he would go get them for me.
Thinking my luck had suddenly changed; I gave him the money and thanked the man. However, after waiting for a good couple of hours and still no sign of him, I started to have the sickly feeling that I would never see him again...
Well I guess that I learnt my lesson the hard way, which is to “look before you leap!”
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