A Good Day's Work
The other day I got to try my hand at a real job. A friend of mine is working at one of the local bazaars during the summer, and he asked me to help him out one day last week. They showed up to the bazaar at like 6:30 in the morning, I came a little later :).
When I got there I realized the bazaar they work at is pretty big. There was a covered area that ran for a few kilometers filled to the brim with people selling everything from fruits and vegetables to shoes and clothes. Customers wandered in and out, stopping at booths that caught their eye.
My friend and his boss sell table cloths and those non-slip mats people use in their bathrooms, and it was fun to try my hand at salesmanship. It was hard because first of all I'm a foreigner, secondly it was my first day on the job. I didn't know all the prices for everything, and I didn't understand half the questions old women were asking me regarding table cloths. Still, I managed to make a few sales, and I was pretty proud.
Once the booth was set up, the job wasn't very hard really. We just sat around and talked to each other until a customer came up, and then we talked to the customer. We even bought some bananas and plums from the fruit guy and talked about the gospel and the Lord for a while.
The day passed pretty quickly, but by 9pm I was pretty tired. Right about that time, the boss man said it was time to pack up, so we started tearing down everything. I haven't had a real job in so long I forgot what it's like to have to work for a living. My job for the past 2 years has been to wander around and talk to people. The bazaar job required me packing stuff and lifting boxes and untying ropes. It was fun to actually work, though.
We packed everything up and put it in the boss man's truck, then headed home. It was a fun day, I got to do something new and share truth with people at the same time.
Awesome! When i was in Mexico, i always wanted to help one of the street vendors out or stand on the street corner and wash people's windows when they stopped at the traffic light. Never did though. I'm glad you got a chance to work the bazaar.
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