Ka uku no ka berena a me ka pata

I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lawe koʻu makuakāne, he loio, iaʻu i kahi hale ʻaina nani ma Now York City. I ka hōʻea ʻana o ka bila, he $1.50 ka uku no ka berena a me ka pata. Ua uku ʻo Pāpā i ka bila, me ka uku no ka berena a me ka pata. Eia naʻe, i kekahi lā aʻe, ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi leka i ka hale ʻaina e hōʻike ana ʻaʻole i koi ʻia ka uku. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ia envelopp he bila no $500 ma nā lawelawe kānāwai.

Ua kāhea koke mai kekahi o ka hale ʻaina a nīnau, "No ke aha kēia bila $500? ʻAʻole mākou i kauoha i kekahi lawelawe kānāwai."

Pane akula ʻo Pāpā, "ʻAʻole au i kauoha i ka berena a me ka pata."

Ua hoihoi ia mai ka $1.50 me ka hookaulua ole.

ʻAʻole loaʻa i kā mākou hui ka hoʻohana paʻa paʻa, inā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i ka huahana ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana, e hoʻi mākou a hoʻololi i ka huahana a hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i 100% māʻona.

Ma muli o ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka ʻenehana lawelawe paʻi ʻana i kēia lā, nui ka poʻe maʻamau e hoʻopuka i nā koi lawelawe paʻi e like me ko lākou pono pilikino. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā hui lawelawe paʻi kuʻuna ke hoʻokō i nā kauoha liʻiliʻi a paʻakikī, a ua puka mai ka ʻoihana lawelawe paʻi. Me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka ʻoihana ma nā ʻano āpau o ke ola, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huahana pili e pili ana i nā kiʻi a me nā kikokikona, e like me ka paʻi ʻana i nā lau a me nā puke. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ia ke paʻi ʻana i nā hana noʻeau a me nā uhi ʻeke e koi ana i nā ʻike loea hou aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka paʻi ʻana o nā huahana liʻiliʻi mai ke kōkua o nā ʻoihana hoʻopuka kiʻi ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ʻano hale kūʻai paʻi ʻike nui ʻia e ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ka nui, a hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma kēlā me kēia kihi o ke kūlanakauhale, e hāʻawi i ka lawelawe pilikino no nā mea kūʻai maʻamau.

He ʻumikūmālima mau makahiki o ka ʻoihana ʻo Ocinkjet o ka ʻimi noiʻi a me ka ʻike hoʻomohala ʻana, a ua lanakila nā inika i hoʻomohala ʻia i ka mahalo lokahi mai nā mea kūʻai aku. Hiki i nā ʻīnika i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka ʻoihana ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻohālikelike maikaʻi me nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ʻekolu o nā mīkini i kūkulu ʻia i ka ʻoihana, nā poʻo paʻi a me nā pahu inika, e hiki ai i nā mea lawelawe paʻi ke hoʻokō i ka huahana kiʻekiʻe.

Eia kā mākou loulou, ke kakali nei i ka lohe ʻana mai iā ʻoe, aia mākou ma ka pūnaewele. /kāhea iā mā˚ou/