A TwoCat Diatribe............
We--Marcia and I--watched this little cafe go in down the street. Jill's Grill she called it. We watched for weeks as the remodeling crept along at a snail's pace. Must be Jill herself doing the work, we decided. We watched the sign go up, professionally done and at no small price I'm sure. We waited for the opening.
No one came.
We passed it daily going to eat at other places. For some reason, it did not peak our interest enough to stop and surely other passers-by felt the same as the parking lot had scarcely two cars in it at any one time.
Imagine the heartache.
Much like working for a year on a system for roulette only to find that it loses your investment before you know what hit you. No need to imagine the heartache; we all know it firsthand.
But when we speak of Jill we speak of a woman who tried and failed. After all, she could have become like Neighbor's where a parking space is rare at lunchtime. We speak of Jill in the highest terms, for after all she tried at a worthy endeavor. Marcia and I put her chances of success at slim to none. About the same as playing roulette and winning money. Yet when we speak of a roulette player who tried and lost half the investment of Jill, we think him a fool who proved the adage about the fool and his money.
I ask you: Is there really any difference?
Samster
Hi Sam,
Happy to see you around my frnd. As far as the story is concerned it all depend on success rate. In business one Jill may fail, but many wins. In roulette one Jill wins and many fails!
HS
Hi Sam.
I would say there´s a difference. Sometime ago i saw a TV program about the hardships this guy had to go through in order to open a restaurant. It wasn´t a walk in the park.
He invested savings and asked for a bank loan. It´s a gamble.
He might lose it all, Jill might lose it all, keeping only a debt and a hard lesson.
The roulette player that works 1 year on a single method is bound to get something out of it. If the method sucks, he wouldn´t spend a month let alone one year on it.
If he ends up losing it all, that´s because he is a fool, not a player.
The thing that can ease the pain is that he (the fool) can test for months without playing the real game, something Jill could never do. He could also stop being a fool and actually learn something from testing instead of imploding his bank account.
I hope "Jill" may be fortunate enough to succeed. From your words, it would be well deserved.
Catch you later. 8)
Quote from: Wildcard on November 07, 2009, 12:22:57 PM
Hi Sam.
I hope "Jill" may be fortunate enough to succeed.
Wildcard
Why would you put quotation marks around Jill?
Sam
Hey, Sam, it was just my way of saying that Jill herself or any other person with a different name who works hard for something should be rewarded for their efforts.
It was directed to all the the entrepreneur "Jills" out there. ;)
Wildcard
Hard work should be rewarded but it isn't always. I always go back to Mama Joad when she said to Tom, "Life ain't fair, Tom."
Sam