Quote from: Jamala on July 30, 2023, 04:00:06 PM

Mr. Adam grew up believing that to be rich, he must save and be a miser. So he started saving. Even when he needed money for an immediate and urgent need, he would rather beg from friends and relations. And since he was homeless, his money was always in a pouch tied to his waist. Unfortunate, he fell sick one day and was taken to a nearby clinic. Those who took him there were burdened on how to raise funds for his treatment, and finally did. They paid $718, and left. The sick man woke up from his sleep, asked for friends and was told they were gone. Luckily, they bought some foods and grocery for him. He cried joyfully and prayed for them. Then, he saw a piece of cloth on the floor that immediately struck his attention. It looked like something he has seen before. 'That looks like my pouch, yes, my pouch' he said. He searched for his saving pouch that does not leave his waist but could not find it. He yelled at the nurses, and questioned how his pouch came off him. An elderly man who was on a bed next to him told him how one of his friends that brought him in noticed a protrusion from this trousers, reached out for it and saw money inside. Through the money, they paid for medical bills and groceries.
Mr. Adam screamed " All my savings gone? Who asked them to bring me here?" Does this story strike any memories in you? It does right?
You fooled your colleagues back in junior high school to buy ice cream with their transport fare promising to "lap" them when going back home, but failed. You rode, they trekked.
You went with a group of friends to a restaurant to eat, and when it was payment time, you sneaked out to the bathroom came back but they were all gone telling the waiter that you were going to pay once you come back from the bathroom. It was payback, they said and laughed off.
What's your story?

You're asking for stories on how people ripped off and took advantage of their friends? No decent people do such things, especially over their whole life as your story suggests. You're not a very nice person if you do such things and I think the moral of the story was actually something different. It was that this man put wealth before his health, he would rather have died a rich man than have the money he had been saving spent on helping him get better. Some people are like that and there is no point being a rich old man, as you get the best years of your life when you are young. It's harder to explore and enjoy lots of activities when you get older, so make the most of life now.