Human Selfishness Exploiting Goodwill

One day, a man visited the junk shop, explaining that he was looking for a wheelchair for his father, who was suffering from a fracture. This junk shop owner, while earning a living by trading scrap metal and plastic, also practiced warm generosity by providing free medical aids to neighbors in need.

He provided a wheelchair for free, which other merchants would sell for 1,300 rupees, and asked that it be given free of charge to another person in need once his father recovered.

The owner explained that while he earns his living by selling scrap metal or plastic, he distributes medical aids free of charge as a matter of welfare.

A month later, a man reappeared at the junk shop and offered to resell a chair, which he had received for free a month earlier, for 90 rupees. The owner belatedly realized that this man was the same customer to whom he had given the wheelchair for free a month ago.

The owner felt great disappointment in the customer who exploited his goodwill for financial gain. Although he felt cynical about human selfishness, he vowed not to abandon his belief in sharing and to continue practicing it.