I worked for a well respected one, but there were plenty of leaches, conmen, consultants (the guys who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is), and schemers around the Beltway. Everyone wanted a teat on the Big Sow.
A colleague and I were driving to our hotel in Port-au-Prince late one evening and saw an American kid walking along…
I worked for a well respected one, but there were plenty of leaches, conmen, consultants (the guys who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is), and schemers around the Beltway. Everyone wanted a teat on the Big Sow.
A colleague and I were driving to our hotel in Port-au-Prince late one evening and saw an American kid walking along the street. We stopped and offered him a ride. He said he was there on his own dime and figured out the biggest problem was disposal of human waste, so he was working on a scheme to import portapotties he would place around town that could be used for a small fee. He was looking for investors, but we explained we were over leveraged and couldn’t tolerate the risk, but suggested he should discuss him plan with the USAID mission director.
We were amused by the conversation, but sometimes I feel a twinge of regret when I think about he might have had a great idea that really caught fire and he became the Bill Gates of outhouses.
I worked for a well respected one, but there were plenty of leaches, conmen, consultants (the guys who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is), and schemers around the Beltway. Everyone wanted a teat on the Big Sow.
A colleague and I were driving to our hotel in Port-au-Prince late one evening and saw an American kid walking along the street. We stopped and offered him a ride. He said he was there on his own dime and figured out the biggest problem was disposal of human waste, so he was working on a scheme to import portapotties he would place around town that could be used for a small fee. He was looking for investors, but we explained we were over leveraged and couldn’t tolerate the risk, but suggested he should discuss him plan with the USAID mission director.
We were amused by the conversation, but sometimes I feel a twinge of regret when I think about he might have had a great idea that really caught fire and he became the Bill Gates of outhouses.