The Hungry Businessman
The article recounts a story from the author's childhood about a hungry businessman who buys nine donuts to satisfy his hunger. The narrative reflects on the lessons learned from this story, emphasizing the importance of patience and enjoying life's journey. The author connects this tale to personal experiences and the idea that fulfillment often comes in stages.
- ▪The story features a businessman who becomes increasingly hungry after eating donuts.
- ▪He ultimately buys nine donuts to feel satisfied.
- ▪The author reflects on the life lessons derived from this story, emphasizing patience and enjoyment in life.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (Newest) |
| Canonical URL | https://avocadoslaw.substack.com/p/the-hungry-businessman |
| Publication time | Sat, 16 May 2026 11:18:01 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-16T11:40:18.366Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-16T11:40:18.366Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | None |
| Cluster logic | Not yet clustered, or no peer story found in the clustering window. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
The Hungry Businessmana story I heard at nine, and haven't stopped hearing sinceMuthu Aiswaryaa SwaminathanMay 16, 20262ShareWhen we were nine, we had an English teacher whose name I seem to have forgotten. We used to do a lot of Comprehension exercises during class -- she would dictate a story sentence-by-sentence and all of us would diligently write it down on our English notebooks. She would give us five minutes to read the story, and then she’d dictate the questions we were supposed to answer. One of those stories went like this:There was once a very hungry businessman. Outside his office was a tiny donut shop. The man usually refrained from sweet delicacies, but today he decided to make an exception. He waited in the queue for fifteen minutes and finally bought one donut.
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