Dear Editor,
I wish to make a plea on behalf of people who make a living from selling fruits to passing motorists. One can always recognise what season is “in” by these vendors — right now it is guineps. I marvel at their enterprise, because their profit must be marginal depending on the season, yet their sales will determine if the household eats that night, or not.
I can imagine how they have to prepare their product to catch a passing motorist’s eyes and then stretch the proceeds to put a meal on the table, and how small their profit margin is — invariably, a day’s sale will provide the night’s meal — and yet they face the blazing heat of the sun or the pouring rain.
My plea, therefore, is to all motorists: Recognise the factors that have forced them to choose an honest, hard-working path, instead of any other. Your support may make the difference between a child or children going to bed hungry, or not.
Howard Hamilton CD, QC
Montego Bay
St James
I wish to make a plea on behalf of people who make a living from selling fruits to passing motorists. One can always recognise what season is “in” by these vendors — right now it is guineps. I marvel at their enterprise, because their profit must be marginal depending on the season, yet their sales will determine if the household eats that night, or not.
I can imagine how they have to prepare their product to catch a passing motorist’s eyes and then stretch the proceeds to put a meal on the table, and how small their profit margin is — invariably, a day’s sale will provide the night’s meal — and yet they face the blazing heat of the sun or the pouring rain.
My plea, therefore, is to all motorists: Recognise the factors that have forced them to choose an honest, hard-working path, instead of any other. Your support may make the difference between a child or children going to bed hungry, or not.
Howard Hamilton CD, QC
Montego Bay
St James