My brother—who I love dearly---spends most of his
work week in court empowering the powerless.
He is a lawyer.
He is skilled in seeing flaws in other people’s
arguments and uses their own words to support his claims.
My brother is quite successful at his profession.
But sometimes it is difficult to leave the world of
work behind. So last week when my brother called an 800 number to make a
purchase and the sales representative asked him if he wanted to donate $1.00
for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, my brother responded I AM a victim of Hurricane
Sandy. You might have surmised that had you noted my address when I gave it to
you. I have incurred thousands of dollars in property damage much of which is
not recoverable. So, with all due respect, I would not like to donate the requested dollar to Sandy relief, but please
feel free to take one dollar off of my bill.
The sales representative had no response. But I am
sure she never asked another person residing in New York or New Jersey for a Sandy
donation again---or at least, without trepidation and forethought.
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