Most Generous Lawyer
A local charity office has recieved many donations - but now from one of the town’s richest and most successful lawyers. So the person in charge of the charity decided to pay him a visit and persuade him to donate at least a little.
“Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn’t you like to give back to the community in some way?”
The lawyer thought about this for a few minutes and then said, “First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?”
The man was highly embaressed and mumbled, “Um … no.”
The lawyer interrupts, “or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?”
The man was truly stricken by now and felt very guilty. He tried to apologize when he was cut off again.
“or that my sister’s husband died in a traffic accident,” the lawyer’s voice rising in indignation, “leaving her penniless with three children?!”
The humiliated man, completely beaten, said simply, “I had no idea…”
On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, “So if I don’t give any money to them, why should I give any to you?”