Living to jaw to jaw with one’s neighbour wasn’t ideal.
They were worse fates than that; this Amina knew.
And running a business opposite another enterprise which was a doppelgänger to yours was certainly one. A test of ones resilience in a failing economy.
Knowing that they most likely pulled similar numbers of customers each day was no relief.
Neither was the lack of preference amongst customers for either place.
All they wanted was sustenance to see them through hours of labour at the mining site.
Daily Amina grew stifled.
Her mind, an incubating chamber of perturbed ambition.
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I liked the menace in “an incubating chamber of perturbed ambition”
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Thanks Neil.
I like it too.
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Yes definitely success will be hard 🙂
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Likely very hard indeed.
Thank you.
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Thank you Chioma. Your story creates, for me, a challenging atmosphere of overwhelming competition, which every day can quite exhaust any owner of a small business. Hope Amina can blow off some steam and finally edge over the line ahead.
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I hope so too.
Thank you so much for reading, commenting and following. It is very much appreciated.
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Tough times – perhaps the 2 businesses could merge?
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Not a likely solution for Amina.
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Dear Chioma,
Sounds frustrating. Perhaps they should consider a partnership.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I doubt they would abide each other.
Thanks Rochelle.
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One must change before the price war begins. 🙂
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Ohhhh, me thinks it is a little late for that.
Thanks BIll.
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I liked the line about customer preference. Very telling.
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Thanks Sandra.
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That last line is really good. I think of a person in limbo. It also feels like things are ready for change.
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Indeed she is in limbo.
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