{"id":133,"date":"2016-11-18T17:35:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theskrypt.co.ke\/wordpress\/?p=133"},"modified":"2016-11-18T17:35:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T17:35:53","slug":"the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqrypted.co.ke\/index.php\/2016\/11\/18\/the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-134 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/theskrypt.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/check-list-150x150.png\" alt=\"check-list\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sqrypted.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/check-list-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sqrypted.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/check-list-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/sqrypted.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/check-list.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, we needed to fund raise for a medical emergency as a family. A committee was formed and came up with an ingenious way to raise the money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>They drew a list<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list contained our names and target amounts. I am not sure of the criteria used to assign the targets, but against my name, was an amount twice as high as I what I could afford to give. Worse still I was sandwiched between other names with the same target amount and <strong>little checks at end<\/strong> indicating they had paid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I blew a casket and sent out a scathing rebuke, after all donations should be voluntary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, before you judge me, this is why I got angry\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The lis<\/strong>t threw me into a dilemma.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><em>If I sent nothing they would cross out my whole name and target. <strong>A BIG SHAME!<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>If I sent less money, then they would have to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">strike out the amount<\/span> on the list and put in the new <strong>LOWER<\/strong> value surrounded by bigger contributions. <strong>I would lose face.<\/strong> <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>But If I sent the amount indicated, then I have to eat \u2018<strong>Air burgers\u2019<\/strong> for the rest of the month because I would be broke.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since <strong>air burgers<\/strong> are not tasty or filling, I decided to embrace the shame but use the opportunity to ensure that I never appear on a list again, hence my scathing rebuke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The counter-rebuke however, was worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>I paid up. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In hindsight maybe I could have handled it better. Maybe I should have been glad that they held me in such high esteem because now <strong>I have no money and plenty of shame.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The lesson: <\/strong>Know when to cut your losses<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we needed to fund raise for a medical emergency as a family. A committee was formed and came up with an ingenious way to raise the money. 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