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Bill Geyts and a janitress: a parable

One fine Sunday morning, a billionaire tech tycoon named Bill Geyts, went to a local farmer's market in Seattle to check out some locavore, organic produce. As he was walking around, he reached in his pocket for a list of items he wanted to buy when he accidentally dropped a hundred dollar bill. A few steps later he realized he dropped some bill. Whe he looked back, he saw a begar holding a hundred bill, motioning to return the money to him. Bill felt compassion and said, “it's ok… you can have it.”

A thousand miles away from the Seattle farmer's market is a single mother in Manila, feeling tired, returning from her night-shift work as janitress in one of Bill Geyt's outsourcing companies. She was about to take a tricycle ride when she noticed a boy approaching her, begging for food. Without hesitation, she reached for some money when she realized she barely has enough for her tricycle ride. Feeling compasion for the boy, she gave him her last money, reached for some food left in her bag, and decided to walk home.