Thursday, 16 October 2014

brown vow is empty promise

In a land a long time ago a husband and wife resided in an apartment in a block of similar apartments. There were many such blocks. Then one day the wife thought the family should move on, as did some of the other residents. It seems the conditions were not too their liking. The husband was not sure about what to do.

Then just before decision day the factor of the apartment appeared, along with envoys, the head gardener, the site agent and the rent collector. The owner of some other property also came along because it was not in his interest that people should be unhappy with their lot, because who knows, maybe the unhappiness would spread to his fiefdom. The residents were promised better things, they would be listened to, they would all have better heating installed, more regular servicing and decorating of their apartments and all manner of things good.

And on decision day the residents decided against moving and so did the uncertain husband, because the promises were presented as vows and so were believed.

Time passed, not a lot of time actually and lo and behold the board of directors addressed the factor and the envoys and said, you had no business promising anything to these upstarts. In fact we will now have a look at their rent because they have had it easy for too long.

And so it came to pass and the vows that had been made were seen for what some of the people had suspected all along, empty.

And the factor and the board got on with their other business and took upon themselves 15% of a rise in their yearly gold sovereign allowance and also made sure that their expenses reflected their worth.


But many people had, for the first time in their lives, looked up and they saw and they understood and avowed never to look down again.

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