Poky is an architect by trade. After the graduation, he worked as an interior designer for two years. Bad salary, long hours, little professional satisfaction, he got tired. He decided to leave the company and to look for other, more challenging, job.
He attended at few interviews with no result and he ran out of money. Even in that situation, Poky didn’t accept a job under his standards.
Three months he survived out of borrowing money from the friends and family. Having lots of time on his hands, he became a TV fan. In order for him to see more movies, he had to pay to obtain HBO channel. The subscription tax was more than he could pay. But, because Romania has an illegal solution for each problem, he went on the black market and he bough a cheap device which allowed him to watch the desired channel.
Poky saw many movies and, again, he got tired. To get out from boredom, he decided to commercialize himself the devices.
First, he bough lots of them. Second, he bought a small table and chair. Than, he made a placard on which he wrote “HBO Companyâ€.
In the morning, Poky went in the market and installed his gears. He sold enough to earn his food. Encouraged by “the successâ€, the men did a job out of this occupation. He used to tell us “I’m going to work tomorrow, my friends. I can’t stay late in the night with you. I have a job now. I’m in the public relations businessâ€.
Of course, he went at the market only when he was in the mood to. Some days, he started at 9 o’clock, other days at 11 o’clock.
The customers started to complain at the other tradesmen in the neighborhood: “Why doesn’t this men having a proper program?â€
To put an end to these complains, Poky, wrote on a piece of paper, his program “I COME WHEN YOU LESS EXPECTED.â€
The “business†went O.K. for six months. One day, the government people came to check the authorizations of the tradesmen. Fortunately, he was not there at that hour. But, he found out from his “matesâ€.
Starting with the next day, Poky declared bankruptcy.