at the door of it: there I saw a big placard written in English and Ukrainian. The title of it was "The Ten Commandments of Good Business". I have heard about the Ten Commandments, but they are connected with the Bible. So I became interested in it and read it from the very beginning. Here it is.

1. A customer is the most important person in any business.

2. A customer is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.

3. A customer is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it.

4. A customer does us a favour when he calls. We are not doing him a favour by serving him.

5. A customer is a part of our business, not an outsider.

6. A customer is not a cold statistician, but a human being with feelings like our own.

7. A customer is a person who brings us his wants. Our job is to fill those wants.

8. A customer deserves the most courteous and attentive treat-merit.

9. A customer is the fellow who makes it possible to pay our salary.

10. A customer is the lifeblood of every business.

35. Read and retell the jokes.

FOR THE SAKE OF¹ BUSINESS

Customer: What are you crying for, my little fellow? Shopkeeper's son: My father is selling some ..new soap, and

every time a customer comes in I have to wash my head

to show how good the soap is.

¹ for the sake of — заради

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FATHER'S MOTTO¹

The teacher was giving her class a lecture on mottoes and wished the class to memorise the motto, "It is better to give than to receive²."

A small boy cried out, "Yes, Miss, my father says he has always used that as his motto in business."

"What is his business?" the teacher asked.

"He is a boxer, Miss," the boy answered.