Abathengisi bezentengiso kufuneka bahlale bejonge ngaphezu kwevenkile
U-Nick malunga no-35, uhlala kwidolophu efanayo nathi, unomfazi nabantwana ababini abancinane. Ukongezelela ukusika iinwele, unayo indawo yase-Italiyali kwindawo edolophini eye ibe isikhungo ngokukhawuleza ukuba ubani unokukhumbula. Ibhizinisi elikhulu. Umda ophezulu kwi-ices u malunga neepesenti ezingama-90 kwaye ungumnikazi weendlela, isakhiwo sokukhulula esivulekile ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba.
Safunda izinto ezimbalwa kuNick:
- Ibhizinisi elilula alifani noshishino olulula. Kwiveki ephelileyo, uNick nomkakhe (ootitshala belo lonke unyaka kodwa usebenza kwi-ices store ngexesha lehlobo) kwakufuneka uqhube umgama wamamayela angama-60 ukuya eManhattan ngokufudumala ukutshisa i-tub ye-chocolate chocolate chip. Kutheni uhambo oluya kubhobhe omnye? "Ukuba andinanto inomdla umntu afuna, abanokubuya." (Wasikhumbuza incwadi kaAndy Grove, kuphela iParanoid iphila .) Nangona wonke umntu uya kubuya, oko kukucinga okugcina uNick eshishini.
- Soloko ukhangela into entsha kwaye inenzuzo. U-Nick usebenzisa ikhefu lokuqala okanye amabini amabini rhoqo ekuseni kwindlu elandelayo ye-Starbuck. "Ndiyingozi," uyavuma. Ngoko ucinga ukuba kungekudala ukuba ivenkile ye-ices kufuneka idayise ikhofi. Sambuza isizathu sokuba enze njalo, kuba ikhofi yinto efana nale, kunye ne-Starbuck, i-7-Eleven kunye ne-Dunkin 'i-Donuts yonke kwimitha emizuzu yokuhamba. "Ikhofi ayigcini into engenzi nto kwaye inika abantu esinye isizathu sokuqhuba rhoqo." Ukuba akukho nto, yindlela yokubangela abantu ukuba bacinge ngokuba nobusuku bobo.
- Ubunini bokucinga kubalulekile. UNick wasibuza ukuba sasiya kwi-deli mitsha edolophini, ekhethekileyo kwi-sandwichs panins. Asizange senze, nangona ivulekile ngaphezu konyaka. UNick uhamba apho ekuseni. Xa waqala ukuhamba wayala iqanda neeshizi kwi-roll. Emva kokuba umninimbona ebona ambalwa ambalwa, nokuba kunjalo, wayenokuthi, "Ube naloo izolo," kwaye uza kwenza iziphakamiso zokucoca (kunye nokwandisa intengo) yomyalelo wakhe. U-Nick wayethanda ukuthengiswa, kwaye kungekudala wayedlulisela phambili ngokungaqhelekanga kwimenyu epheleleyo yeengcali. Kwaye uthetha nathi ngathi, ngoko siza kungena khona kungekudala. Umntu ophethe i-deliice yakhe enye i-delis enye kwindawo engama-miyela emihlanu. U-Nick wanciphisa ukunyusa iinwele zakhe ukwenza ezinye izibalo ngemali engenayo yomnini odilizayo.
- Ukuba ishishini lakho lithengisa, gcina iliso kubasebenzi abaselula. Ngethuba sathetha ukutya, uNick wachaza ukuba i-pizza ehamba phambili edolophini yayilungile kwindlu e-panini. "Yonke into ehlambulukileyo, ecocekileyo, yobungcali." Ngokungafani nezinye iiperiza edolophini elincinci kwinkonzo yabo, ucoceko kunye nokulawulwa kwabantu abadala, le ndawo "iqhutywe ngabafana abadala." U-Nick wandixelela ukuba kufuneka ahlale eqaphele abasebenzi abaselula. Bangabasebenzi abalungileyo, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha bayakhohlwa ukubuyisela ihridi emva kokuyicoca, izinto ezinjalo. Into eyandikhumbuza isitolo saseBaskin-Robbins umzalwana wethu wasebenza xa wayeselula. Asikhumbuli mntu oye wahlawula ice cream. Intsha yayinikeze inkululeko kubo bonke abahlobo babo, kwaye umnini wayedla ngokuba yi-MIA.
- Musa ukuhleka. Abantu abashishini abalungileyo banokuyinyamekela malunga noko bathethayo, kunye nabo. U-Nick osebenza ngokugcobayo uthengisa kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo ngabanikazi ababebekho iminyaka engama-40. Babenomkhweli omnye owamthanda "ukugqugquzela" - ukuhleba malunga nabantu bonke nabani na, kubathengi nakwamanye abasebenzi. Abanini abakwazi ukummisa, kodwa bamgcina, iminyaka eyi-15, kuba wayengumngqingili omkhulu. Xa bekulungele ukuthengisa, i-barber ingxoxo yavalwa kwaye ivenkile yathengiswa komnye umqhubi. Ouch.