| Da Big Picture You guys are all missing the real benefits of this thing. They're trying to attract civic-minded volunteers from the US and other well-off countries, right?
Recruiter: How would you like to spend a few months in Cambodia and Laos, building power plants, water purification systems, dams, and the like?
Prospect: Sounds very noble, but isn't living there a little primitive. No running water, right?
Recruiter: Well, no.
Prospect: No air conditioning
Recruiter: Nope.
Prospect: And no TV
Recruiter: Definitely not.
Prospect: Phones?
Recruiter: Sorry.
Prospect: No text messaging.
Recruiter: No.
Prospect: So I'm going to be living in a foreign country, where I don't know the language, completely cut off from the rest of the world, without power or running water?
Recruiter: Well, not quite. You'll still have email.
Prospect: Oh, that's different! Sign me up! |
