Stingy Rich Man Mocks Poor Old Maid Asking for $20 until Days Later When He Sees Her Receipt — Story of the Day
A stingy rich man mocks his maid when she asks him for a bonus and takes a few days off to see her grandchild but regrets it when he sees her receipts.
Ryan Johnson was a successful man and a wealthy one, and he was proud that he knew how much he was worth to the cent and how to get good value out of every single dollar.
Ryan never bought anything at full price if he could get a discount, and getting something for free — no matter what it was — was even better. As for giving anything away, forget it! Ryan was tight-fisted and small-hearted, to the despair of his wife.
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Ryan and his wife had been married for thirty years, and that was how long Oliva Fenton had been working for them. Olivia had devotedly helped Ryan’s wife Meg raise their three children, cleaned, and cooked for three decades, and never got a raise.
Ryan only gave out a bonus at Christmas time at his wife’s insistence and would have been furious if he’d known Meg supplemented Olivia’s meager salary out of her own pocket behind his back.
That afternoon — it was a Saturday — Ryan had just come back from his weekly tennis lesson and he was in a bad mood. His wife popped into his office and said, “Honey, Olivia wants to speak to you — be nice!”
Ryan sighed. He just wasn’t in the mood, so when Olivia knocked timidly on his door, he yelled, “Come in!” The elderly woman smiled shyly.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Johnson,” she said. “I wanted to ask you if you’d mind if I take three days off to see my grandbaby down in Florida?”
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Ryan was relieved. For a moment he thought Olivia was coming to ask him for a raise. “Is that all? Sure,” he said. “Now if you don’t mind…” He gestured towards the door, but Olivia stood her ground.
Her fingers twisted together in her apron and she blushed scarlet. “Mr. Johnson, I’ve been with you a long time… And I wondered if you could give me a bonus? For my vacation…”
“A bonus, for your vacation?” asked Ryan acidly. “Do you think I get a bonus to go on vacation?”
Olivia took her courage in both hands and replied: “No, sir, but you’re the boss!”
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