Tough 30 bucks

The 17 year old, try as he may.. could not find any college student who was willing to buy his marked-up notebooks....

Then comes along this oppotunity to make money... yeah, cold hard cash, on the spot payment.
Its not a business opportunity, more of a one-off employment opportunity. It involves manning a UNICEF booth and passing out brochures.

Unglamourous.....yes... but at least he gets paid 30 bucks to sit there from 3 to 7.
So, being a 17 year old who is desperate for his own money, he gladly signs up for the job....
Sure it sounds simple.... but our 17 year old has yet to face the challenges which the day has to offer.

The day starts out simple enough, with a family brunch. He later gets sent off to the convention centre to meet up with his cousin for the PC fair. Upon arrival he finds that her cellphone is off, which sends him on a wild goose chase desperately searching the masses for his cousin. He does not find her until 2.30 which is when she called him. Not wanting to rush his cousin, the 17 year old casually reassures himself that he will make it for the job at 3 at the booth.

Bad call

Due to some relatives which happened upon them by coincidence, the 17 year old is held up for a good 30 minutes.... leaving less and less time to make it to the exhibition booth (which is in another part of town)

Finally they leave at 3. So after suffocating in the crammed train station, almost missing queue for his ticket and after changing trains, they finally arrive at the exhibition, after which he had to ditch his cousin with a quick goodbye and rushed off to the booth. It was 4 by this time.

After the proper formalities (and apologies) the 17 year old was manning the booth. The job was simple enough, hand out brochures... and... well.. thats about it. So within the next 2 hours, brochures were passed out, some were turned down but in the end, all the booklets and brochures were gone (the objective was to merely finish off the booklets).. via rather under handed tactics... heeheheh.

And finally he got his pay...30 lovely bucks...

but wait, our story does not end yet, there is the ride home....

Back at the train station, the 17 year old waits patiently for the train to come.l.. after 20 minutes of waiting, he gets fed up and hails a cab, once he steps into the cab, only then does the train arrive. 'Lousy luck' he mutters to himself....

After paying the cab driver 3.70, he changes boards the light rail transit home. Upon arrival at nearest station to his house, he rushes after the bus which was embarking, using whatever tiny ounce of energy left in his body.... fortunately its a nice bus driver, who insists he not pay for the fare.

So altogether, about 12 bucks was spent on public transport just to earn a meagre 30 bucks... but hey, at least its still a decent profit....