How Much Do You Make An Hour?
| A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. |
| "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" |
| "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man. |
| "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?" |
| "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily. |
| "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy. |
| "If you must know, I make $20 an hour." |
| "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said. |
| "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?" |
| The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work long hard hours everyday and don't have time for such this childish behavior." |
| The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. |
| "Are you asleep, son?" he asked. |
| "No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy. |
| "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10 you asked for." |
| The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. |
| Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled bank notes |
| The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. |
| The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. |
| "Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled. |
| "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. |
| "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you~~~~~~~~~" |
