Selling Out

~ Sonya

100 words about money being the root of all evil‘You remember my friend Janice?’

‘Course I remember her, Nan.’

‘Her daughter, she’s a lawyer and she could use some help. Lot of unfair dismissal cases and such. It’s not human rights, but it’s a start.’

‘Nah, human rights, that’s so five years ago. I was young and stupid.’

‘Idealistic, I’d call it. Didn’t you study law to help people?’

‘Well, I didn’t know the options then, did I? The internship I did earlier this year, the firm want me back.’

‘The internship you hated because it was so tedious?’

‘Tedious. And unpaid. You should see my starting salary, though.’

23 thoughts on “Selling Out”

  3. You create scales here. One side is human rights and helping people. The other side is tedium and money. Which way to go? Thanks for your illuminating, Sonya!

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