If you're not meticulous with money matters, you may find
yourself on the other side of the law. empty-handed, groping
for merits. If you're not up to par, how can you expect your
children to do better?
The blender you returned to its owner was limping; the
apartment you switched with someone was minus a few minor
pieces of plastic after your children enjoyed their vacation
in high spirits. Those plastic pieces turned out to be
crucial for keeping the refrigerator shelf in place. Plus the
high gloss floor was gooky because you ran out in a hurry to
catch your bus back home and you did notify the owner
that you had a few mixups between M is for Meaty or
Milchigs.
You try to be a model employee but find it hard to resist
making a bunch of phone calls on your boss' account. You
thought that you would be a model employer and respect your
workers' rights but from the other side of the desk, things
look different, and you may not go out of your way to pay
workers every bit of their benefits.
You did not mean to pressure the teachers under your
supervision, but you felt you had to recruit some of the new
staff for `volunteer' work after hours, plus you added a few
new reports that were SOS to the log of paperwork already
delegated.
"No pressure, but we need the work As Soon As Possible."
You remember how the Chofetz Chaim pointed out defects in
merchandise in his wife's store but after all, you're not the
Chofetz Chaim. As a matchmaker, you try to stick to facts, so
what's a little `fudging' compared to the mitzva of
marrying off singles? Blurring a few facts and figures here
and there, doing a facelift on character flaws or family
problems?
We still have a chance to get back to basics. School is not
out yet.
