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back because he knew he would need them, eventually. Constantine found an announcement on the newspaper from a handicapped man who needed help bathing, getting dressed, and getting his hair done every morning.
FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD HANDICAPPED MAN NEEDS ASSISTANCE BATHING, DRESSING, AND GETTING HIS HAIR DONE EVERY MORNING. WILLING TO PAY UP TO $600 A MONTH. THE ASSISTANT MUST BE HERE AT SIX O‘CLOCK SHARP EVERY MORNING. CALL (341) 555 – 0154.
Certainly, the ad also had the man‘s address on it. Constantine became excited. “This is perfect! Six hundred dollars a month is exactly the amount I need to pay off my loan without having to use my salary for that purpose!” However, there was only one problem. Constantine would need to start working and finish working later at Brady Foods. At that moment, he called Haggai. To Constantine‘s luck, Haggai had just gotten home. Constantine didn‘t want to call him at his cell phone because he didn‘t want to distract him while he was driving back home or to any other place. Constantine knew a lot of things about his new friends by now. However, he had no idea that these people could talk on the phone with their hands-free set in their cars and drive at the same time, obeying traffic regulations, without being distracted.
Haggai saw Constantine‘s home phone number on his caller ID, displayed on the handset of his cordless phone. “How are you doing, Everhart?” he said. “Are you ready to start working for us tomorrow?”
“Not quite. I need to have my schedule changed. You see, I found a separate job to do in the morning. I am about to call this man. It‘s a handicapped man who needs help getting ready for his day, and he‘s willing to pay six hundred dollars every month.”
“Ah…”
“It‘s just a little something on the side to have the monthly amount I need for my loan, you know, trying to make that money on my own so I don‘t have to pay you back with the money you‘re paying me for working for you, you know what I mean?”
“You‘re very smart, Constantine. I never thought you‘d come up with something like
this.”
“We can all come up with solutions to our little problems, and our solutions are very original, don‘t you think?”
“I like the way you think, Everhart. Good job. What time do you need to be at the house of your other employer?”
“I have to be there at six o‘clock in the morning.”
“Let‘s see. You get there at six o‘clock and it will take you approximately a half an hour to give this man a good bath and about twenty more minutes to help him get dressed, ten more minutes to do his hair because he has short hair, shaving him will be a breeze, and although he didn‘t ask his future assistance to make him breakfast on the ad, I know you will do that, too, so you would leave his house at ten o‘clock in the morning. Then it will take you like fifteen minutes to get to our headquarters depending on traffic conditions…so your scheduled will be changed to start at eleven thirty in the morning and your workday will end at seven thirty at night. How does that sound?”
“Eleven thirty to seven thirty is perfect. Thank you, Mr. Brady. You do know I have to call you Mr. Brady, both you and Heber, because you are going to be my bosses.”