/View.data/ She might be 40-45 years outdated. Brown, matted hair, one thing like a shirt or fairly a person’s shirt, a costume shirt, regardless of the April warmth. A bag of plastic bottles and beer cans, a second bag of glass bottles, an enormous stack of flattened cartons – it isn’t clear how he managed to tug it; and a scuffed leather-based bag. He leaves all this baggage on the pavement, digs into his jacket and pulls out a plastic bag with boots which have lengthy since misplaced their form and coloration. He takes off his moccasins with holes in his toes, places them within the envelope and places on his boots. He pulls out a tank high, smells it, and places it again in his jacket. The motion is repeated with a woman’s envelope.
At that second, tram No. 18 arrives from the central Sofia cemetery, the girl grabs some baggage, a person from the tram helps her get it on. It’s considerably unusual: solely fifty meters away is the purpose for secondary uncooked supplies, however she didn’t do away with the “items” however carried them in the wrong way to the seminary. Two hours later, with already actual Himalayas of flattened cartons and already 4-5 10-liter empty plastic bottles, he will get on tram #18 once more in the wrong way. Passengers from the tram assist her once more, taking the “items”. This time he goes all the way down to the “Refrigeration Plant” and strikes the chamber to the receiving level. Automobiles are ready for her to cross the tram line and the road lane. Because of some sudden humanity, there’ll all the time be somebody to assist the unfortunates who survive due to the rubbish cans to get the waste onto the tram in addition to off it. And the controllers don’t “discover” them, nor their prohibited and too cumbersome cargo. They usually line up in a steady column to the purpose within the morning from 7 o’clock till the night. On the best way out, they depend the levets and pennies whereas ready for the tram; The “mechanized” ones push or pull unimaginable autos: prams, bicycles, self-made four-wheeled platforms… There are dozens, perhaps much more, of regulars at this reception level alone. Torn, with never-washed garments, the boys bearded, the ladies undressed, usually a dozen one-year-old kids run by them to assist – they usually push strollers or have actually hid beneath the denks of vehtorias: a college! Bread is extra vital.
At one time, there was in all probability a choice, a decree, that those that rummage by means of the rubbish cans will likely be fined 1,000 BGN. Properly, the state additionally reveals some solidarity, like those that assist to get on and off the “items” from the tram: it turns a blind eye to the “violators” and doesn’t positive them.
A affected person with a coronary heart illness died in St. Catherine Hospital. The primary piece of data: she was not going to pay an extra 10,000 BGN for the required operation to insert an aortic valve. That is adopted by explanations from the director, who factors out the affected person’s critical situation, clarifications that the Well being Insurance coverage Fund has determined to scale back by 20% its share of funds for numerous medical gadgets, on account of which many sufferers in excessive want must pay further quantities which are prohibitive for them to supply the required implants, ie. are doomed. A sequence of explanations from the NHIF, the Ministry of Well being and who else, however the girl is not going to be resurrected, and never solely her: if you do not have cash, some huge cash, you’re doomed.
The cleaner with the bucket and rag is a younger girl. She steps again to make approach for me to get on the elevator earlier than her. I present chivalry and, accompanying the hand gesture, add the well-known English politeness: “Magnificence earlier than…”I do not handle to complete, the cleansing girl overtakes me…”earlier than age!”. /”Magnificence earlier than age!”/. To say I am amazed is an understatement. Few folks know this, even amongst English audio system, I inform her not with out admiration. I discover out when and the place she studied English. “I’ve studied”, however hastens so as to add: “I’m not ashamed of my work”. I do not know if he believes it, simply as I do not imagine it an excessive amount of after I say the usual “There isn’t any shameful work”. Then, why did a number of hundred thousand younger Bulgarians, educated, in a position, succesful, select “Terminal ne znaj ko si si”.
And the final one on this, I do not know ascending or descending gradation. An excellent buddy of mine who was good in his career, deservedly held varied management positions and was in all places not simply revered however beloved. After retirement, he moved to the countryside: in outdated age, you be taught in regards to the pleasure of rising tomatoes, brewing grapes, pruning raspberries – time is stuffed, and a very powerful factor that isn’t talked about: it comes out cheaper. When the range cools down, it hums, not solely is it romantic, however there’s additionally no invoice for heating and sizzling water. A mutual acquaintance of ours informed me with a damaged coronary heart how within the retailer /he hadn’t seen her/, the piece of cheese got here out with 50 grams extra, the saleswoman requested if it might keep like that, however he insisted that or not it’s as a lot as he ordered. It is about pennies. And I additionally remembered that when he known as me on the telephone, he instantly hung up, in order that when he noticed who was in search of me, I ought to name him. We had been, as I discussed, very shut associates, and he frankly, albeit with concern, admitted to himself: “Excuse me for going out with this quantity, however you may have a piece telephone, proper?” I confirmed, though I’m not. God, what a self-humiliation for a proud, gifted man, who repeatedly confirmed himself each at residence and overseas as a worthy Bulgarian, a real patriot.
A martyr, whose femininity was left solely with this sniffing of the shirt and culottes, taken out of the “wardrobe” – the bag with the non-public belongings. One, nicely – one! You left this world with out time as a result of you did not have 10,000 BGN for an implant. A younger cleaner with English that’s – eh, removed from the well-known “congratulation basic”, however who rapidly hurries to defend her human dignity by saying: “I am not ashamed of my work”. And eventually, that good, revered, left-behind in his career and within the reminiscence of dozens of grateful folks, who rings and hangs as much as save pennies on the telephone name.
“God, God, how a lot sorrow there’s on this world, God”, gasps the Job’s Mokanin out of pity for the sick woman, whom they hope will survive if she sees the white swallow.
And who ought to they hope for – a white swallow, a lord or a satan – the unlucky girl with the bins, those that don’t have any cash to pay to dwell, the cleaner with the good English or the self-deprecating worthy Bulgarian for a couple of pennies!
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