Once our young employee Inga came to work in very upset feelings. Ying, the youngest of us, has long been seen in greed. She never folded with us for coffee or sweets. Yes, and my colleague did not give me money for the operation either ... - Imagine, girls, I just cut my purse in the subway and stole my wallet.
Not only that in the purse was almost one hundred hryvnia, and even the bag costs three hundred. I bought it recently, "she said with a tearing voice and began to cry.
- You do not need to make a problem out of this. According to statistics, at least once in a lifetime each person is robbed. What happened does not change. Therefore there is nothing to cry! - tried to calm her sensible Irina.
"But I still need to somehow live to see my salary," Inga cried. - What should I do?
"I can lend you a hundred hryvnias to pay," I suggested.
- Yes, but I need to return them, and I wanted to buy new sandals for myself.
"Then I'll have to postpone the purchase," Irina said again.
"You already have so many shoes that you can continuously change it every day for several weeks."
- So what. I believe that a woman should have a separate pair of shoes for each outfit. Shoes need to be changed not only when changing the time of year, - stopped crying, angrily said Inga.
- Things need to be bought, commensurate with incomes with expenses, - Irina said instructively. "And do not make the meaning of life out of buying up junk." In the end, so you can turn into a slave of things and think only of rags.
- And if you wear the same things all the time, you can turn into a mothball girl! Inga retorted.
"Well, of course, it's easy for you to say, you, except about your person, are not used to caring about anyone at all," Irina said angrily. - And I have a child, and still need to help my mother.
"Girls, stop it," I interjected. "I still did not want you to quarrel."
Better let's have coffee , I brought candy. Want to? Inga left the office, and I reproachfully told Irina that she should not have upset Ingu even more. After all, she was already unlucky today.
"Oh, Natasha, it's hard for you to live with such kindness." Only you always try to forgive people for all their shortcomings. Look at how crooked she is, - Vera said to me with restraint.
- Yes, when we drop on coffee and sweets, she always says that she is losing weight, and coffee harms her sick liver.
But as soon as something sweet appears, she forgets that on a diet, and coffee drinks on a par with everyone. Therefore, you should not protect it and lend money. Nothing so spoils relations between people as debts, Irina continued to resent.
- Girls, do not be so petty. Do not forget that she is our youngest and does not understand much about life. - I again tried to justify Ingu. "Everything is ahead of her ..."
- Yeah, let's take it to the whole team, this little child, - Vera suggested with irony. "Let him live for his own pleasure!" Her birthday is coming soon, by the way.
Let's fold and buy her a new purse . You can even crocodile skin. Maybe a reminder of such a terrible predator will scare off all sorts of crooks from her.
- Yeah, and when we drop on a gift to someone else, she always whines that sits on the edge. But at the same time he buys expensive cosmetics, Irina continued to be angry.
- When Nina Ivanovna needed money for the operation, they all handed over, and she said that it was a waste of money, they say, that operation will not help. And Nina Ivanovna, thank God, is now alive and well! - Vera reminded.
- It is not necessary now about this. This we only spoil our mood. In the end, maybe it was spoiled by her parents. She's their late and only child, "I suggested.
"Moreover, when a person is easily given everything, he should just as easily part with some chervonets for common needs." And she will not get snow in winter, - Irina continued to grumble. - Yes, it is easier for her to shoot herself than to help someone financially, to become more generous!
"No, somebody, and she certainly will never shoot herself." Because, first of all, it will be a pity to have money for a gun. And secondly, she simply will not suffer the fact that at the commemoration the people will crack delicacies already without her direct participation, "Vera laughed.
"Girls, we all know how much we can agree on," I said, trying to change the subject. - Let's, finally, do not forget that she, today, has a difficult day. She was robbed after all! I thought that while we were washing Inge's bones here, she, poor thing, wept bitterly all alone somewhere in the smoking-room. So I decided to do it, to calm down a little.
What was my surprise when, having pushed open the door that was closed, I found her listening to our conversation! She heard everything. Inga stepped back and silently, beckoned me with her hand. I approached.
- Natasha, I heard everything! You, perhaps, are the only kind person in our team. What would I do without your support! I do not understand why I annoyed them, that they hate me so much? I tried not to offend anyone, but they ... Well, for what? Inga asked quietly, in the voice of an offended child.
- Do not exaggerate! You just need to try to objectively treat your shortcomings. Live in a team is to take into account the opinions of others, not just their own ambitions.
- Yes you are right. I will try to. But can I still expect that you will give me money before your salary? I do not want to talk about stealing my parents. They'll be upset, "she said.
"Of course, tomorrow I will bring money." Do not worry. You can not live life without any losses, "I reassured her.
The next day I brought her money . She even kissed me on the cheek and said that she would never forget about the huge service I had given her.
A week later we celebrated her birthday. Have arranged a small tea-drinking. Inga brought a big cake and a box of chocolates. The cake was apricot made from a cheap French pastry shop. So we exchanged glances. Inga still made conclusions and decided to impress us with her generosity? But we were wrong. She cut off exactly four slices of cake and, spreading them on plates, put in front of each of us. The rest of the cake covered the lid and hid it.
"My parents said that they will come to visit in the evening," she explained in a businesslike manner. - Dad unusually generous and even promised me five hundred dollars to give. You need to treat them properly! We again looked at each other and laughed together amicably. Yes, a jade-lipstick, most likely, no one and nothing is able to fix ... Inga's debt never paid. But I'm not surprised and I'm not angry. After all, this is not easy for greedy people. It is not without reason that they say that you borrow money for a while and for a little while, but you give your own and forever. Poor Inga, like no one knows ...