I’m free to create a new term. It’s a free country, isn’t it? :P
Let us start with the definition. Economics is a study which subject to the behaviour of a human creatures to fullfill their needs by a scarcity of resources, while contagious is a tendency to spread anything from one person to another..
And the combination of them? It’s called.. CONTAGIONOMICS!
It all begun with the biggest change in my life. From a single guy, who always thought about three things (myself, myself.. and myself only.. ;P), and suddenly right now those three things change into myself, my wife (can I say Wives? Hey Honey, don’t look at me like that! :P) and my kids (or the future ones), and we’re all living in a our own new-small-and-far-from-big-but-it-is-OK home. And, such change creates a very biggest problem in finding the most precious treasure on earth..
THE FULLY HOUSE MAID!
And, what does it have to do with Contagionomics?
Well, please look at these two cases:
1st case:
In honoring the theory of recommendation, I contacted my mom’s maid (let’s call her.. Mbak). Mbak has been working to us for 7 years. She directly contacted her nephew of 17 Years old in Salatiga (a small town in Central Java) and asked her to work for me. Then, her nephew rejected our offer. She just wants to be a worker in a factory around her neighborhood. We had a chance to argue her by phone. We offered her a salary of RpX (sorry, I really have to keep this in a secret, in order to keep my bargaining power.. ;p) by realizing that the factory offer her of 1.3 times than RpX. But, we also revealed such facts that she doesn’t need to spend money for her own meal and the other groceries needs, not to mention that we will cover her medical expenses, fully. In a short, we offered many things that she has to fulfill by her own should she choose to work in factory. At the end, I ended my argumentation by a conclusion that we offer greater NET annual income than the factory does. So, what did she say?
“I just wanted to work in a factory even I know that job can’t offer the things as good as you’ve offered. But, I need to work around my hometown, like most of my friend. And, I still need to socialize with them, to keep up date with them, and also I just want to have a job like them who works from 9 to 5, the working hours that I’M DEFINETLY SURE you can offer to me should I accept the job as your fully house maid..”
Girl, I’m sorry to tell you that you’ve been the victim of ‘Contagionomics’. Please blame your ‘contagious’ friend.. ;P
