Business Asspirations

Some people will do anything to make a buck. That's the nature of living in a "dog eat dog" world, especially one that is growing increasingly absent of any conversation about morality. It's absolutely normal to rip people off, or take advantage of them. Used car salesmen sell people "lemons" without thinking about it; just as auto mechanics lie about car parts that don't really need to be replaced. These underlings simply reflect the behaviors of the upper echelon, namely Senators who vote yes or no on measures that destroy individuals and families just to keep their rich corporate friends happy.

Bubblees are not devoid of ambition. As a matter of fact, they often get into trouble because they have too much of it. Your average person accepts the notion of climbing up the proverbial ladder over time. Bubblees want the glory to come about overnight--literally. I'm still figuring out why things have to occur so quickly for them, but that's just the way of life in "the Bubble."

Flash was one of the smartest Bubblees I ever encountered. It actually took a long time for me to place him in "the Bubble" because he could hold a lengthy intelligent conversation with me, and he rarely said anything that sounded ultra delusional. He made sense to me most of the time. I once sent him off to dine with the Dean of Admissions at a major University because I trusted that he could hold his own--and he did! During one of our initial conversations, Flash shared some of his long term goals with me.

Me: So why do you want to major in Economics?
Flash: See. I got this whole plan, right.. I wanna major in Economics to learn how the economy works so that when I become a businessman I could do my thing right.
Me: Economics? Wow. You good at math?
Flash: I've never struggled with it.
(He placed into remedial math.)
Me: What kind of business do you wanna run?
Flash: I don't know if I could tell you all that. I know how you be thinkin.' You gonna get it all twisted.
Me: You told me about your plans to rob Walgreens and I didn't flip so I don't see how this could be any worse than that.
Flash: True. Aiight. How do I put this? There are a lot of beautiful, talented women in the hood who ain't doin nothin',
Me: Yeh.
Flash: I figure why not take advantage of that and open up a chain of strip clubs in the hood.