The United Way realized that it had never received a
donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way
volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our
research shows that even
though your annual income is over two million dollars, you
don't give a
penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something
back to your community
through the United Way?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did
your research also show
you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness
and she has huge
medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I
didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, ' did it show that
my brother, a disabled
veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is
unable to support his
wife and six children?
The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology,
but is cut off
again.'Thirdly, did your research also show you that my
sister's husband
died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with
a mortgage and
three children, one of whom is disabled and another that
has learning
disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says,
'I'm so sorry. I had
no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So, if I didn't give any
money to them, what makes you
think I'd give any to you?'
donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way
volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our
research shows that even
though your annual income is over two million dollars, you
don't give a
penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something
back to your community
through the United Way?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did
your research also show
you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness
and she has huge
medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I
didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, ' did it show that
my brother, a disabled
veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is
unable to support his
wife and six children?
The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology,
but is cut off
again.'Thirdly, did your research also show you that my
sister's husband
died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with
a mortgage and
three children, one of whom is disabled and another that
has learning
disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says,
'I'm so sorry. I had
no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So, if I didn't give any
money to them, what makes you
think I'd give any to you?'
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