A Job Change.

In mystudent days I had flatmates and some Friday nights we had visitors, most of whom I have long since forgotten. But Colin came around wearing a white suit, telling us that he was a travelling salesman for a soft drinks company in South Auckland. He turned down our offers of beer and wine and stayed with lemonade. He told me he did well as a travelling salesman and he earned bonuses for every extra soft drink sold. When he turned forty he planned to become a philosopher. I never saw him again but I hope he prospered in writing as you need original rigorous thinkers to question society's assumptions andyou can drink the sparkling water of ethics. -7,8 September,2017.