Inspiring Anecdotes:

Early Morning With Oysters

By Pepin

How hard is it to prepare oysters? For this guy, it is as hard as waking up as early as five in the morning and scrubbing them one by one until they don’t have anymore mud on it. That’s always the case if you want to be the first one to get some customers and earn an income for the family.

Sad to say, but this guy will be working for almost eighteen hours just to sell his oysters. It is not that easy to do trade with these hard shells, especially that he has a lot of competitors who are also improving their business to lure buyers. Not to mention the risk of cutting his hands with a knife, which he uses to open these oysters after they were cooked. Moreover, any rain cloud up in the sky means that business will not be that satisfying as people would often not eat oysters during wet seasons for reasons that these are contaminated by dirty water (many would claim it that way).

But for this guy, life must go on, especially if selling oysters will feed his family three times a day, and will give his children a chance to experience a good education. It’s indeed a tough job, but definitely rewarding.