I own a small bakery. Business has been slow. Rent is up. I was thinking about closing.
Last Friday, a teenager came in. He looked nervous. He counted out change for a cookie. He was short 50 cents.
"It's okay," I said. "Take it."
He ate it at a table, looking at his math homework. He looked stuck.
I used to be a math tutor.
I walked over. "Quadratic equations?"
He nodded. "I don't get it."
I sat down and helped him for 20 minutes. He got it. He left smiling.
The next day, he came back with two friends. They bought cookies.
The day after that, five kids came.
Apparently, he told the school, "The lady at the bakery helps with homework."
Now, my bakery is the after-school hang-out spot. It's loud. It's messy. There are backpacks everywhere.
Yesterday, I found a note in the tip jar. It was wrapped around a $20 bill.
"Thanks for helping my son pass math. A Mom."
I'm not closing the bakery.
I think I finally found my purpose.
It's not cookies. It's community.
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Reminder to Pune residents, today is Thursday May 18th 2023.
No water all & for some no electricity too. Yay!
Yes itβs 2023, yes itβs the hottest summer yet. But look at the brighter side, your terrace can be used as a oven, best day for anti anghol people,
& donβt get mad ok, you read the headline wrong last year β¦
It wasnβt βDams are full!β .. it was Damn you are fools!
Also to cut down an estimated 3 mins of travel time from SB road to Paud road, letβs get rid of part of the vetal tekdi which serves as a water supply source to Pune.
We are already getting used to no water Thursdays, next year it might extend to no water Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays.
Just 3 days of no water.. cβmon we can do it!
The answer to the question Pune tithe kay une? Is Pani.
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