So, there is this young man I had hired for some work a few years back. One Friday, about the 25th of the month, he sends me a casual message at 11 p.m., requesting 500 shillings for some emergency. I am surprised where he got the courage to ask for money so casually. Normally, an emergency was to be explained in detail to justify the request. And again, I fail to understand what kind of emergency can be sorted with 500 shillings at that hour. Well, I have been around longer than him, and I know just the medicine he needs. So, what do I do? I send him his full month’s pay. Come the next day, and he shows up looking like a zombie; sleepy, red-eyed, tired, regretful, and sorrowful. My hunch was right.
He never made such requests again.
