He Could’ve Been an Office Boy

 from Justice Okoro

A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at a large company in Lagos.

The employer said. ”Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the application to fill in.”

The man replied, “I don’t have a computer, or an email.” 

“I’m sorry,” said the employer, “if you don’t have an email , you can't have the job.”

The man left with no hope.

With only N3400 in his pocket, he went to a poultry farm, bought one crate of egg, then started frying and selling them within the nearest campus In two hours, he doubled his capital.

He repeated this 3 times and returned home with N10,200.

The man realized that he could survive this way. He started to go everyday earlier and returned late.

15 years later, he had built one of the biggest food retail companies within the campus. He started to plan his family’s future and decided to get life insurance.

He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan. 

The conversation concluded, the broker asked him for his email.

The man replied: “I don’t have an email.”

The broker curiously said, “You don’t have an email, and you succeeded in building an empire. Imagine what position you could have reached if you had an email?” 

The man paused and replied: “I could have been an office boy!”

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