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HIS WAY UP BUILDING COMPANY GRACE MAKUTSI, Dip. Sec. (97%), did not accompany her husband, Mr. Phuti Radiphuti (of the Double Comfort Furniture Store), to his next meeting with Mr. Clarkson Putumelo, the proprietor of the This Way Up Building Company. This was not because she was indifferent to the design of the house that Mr. Putumelo was to build for themshe was extremely interested in thatbut because she felt that she had not forgiven the builder his rudeness towards her and would avoid being in his presence until such time as he changed his attitude. That, she knew, was unlikely; in Mma Makutsis opinion, attitudes were qualities with which one was born, and the likelihood of their being changed was, sadly, remote. That is not to say it was impossible, as in her time she had witnessed a number of marked changes in attitude so profound, in fact, as to be quite astonishing.

There was a man in northern Botswana, for instance, who was a known cattle thief; and yet while he was visiting a relative up near Kasane, he had come under the influence of a charismatic preacher and had been baptised in the waters of the Zambezi River. The change in that man had been so remarkable that there was talk of its being attributable to the special qualities of the Zambezi River. People said that as far as washing away sin was concerned, there was nothing to beat Zambezi water and that the religious zeal of those immersed in lesser watersthe Notwane River, to name just one river readily on hand for baptism ceremonieswas far less impressive than those of Zambezi converts. Of course it would be difficult to measure something as elusive as inner virtue, but in the case of this man there had certainly been a dramatic change. Far from stealing the cattle of others, he now actively sought out those that had been stolen, identified the thieves, and then reported the matter to the owners and the authorities.

In all of this he was conspicuously successful, og to his intimate knowledge of the ways of cattle thieves, his having been one in the first place. Set a thief to catch a thief: Mma Makutsi had read that somewhere, and it had struck her as containing a valuable insightalmost worthy of elevation into one of Clovis Andersens famous rules in The Principles of Private Detection. Mma Makutsi did not imagine that Mr. Clarkson Putumelo would change, and she therefore reconciled herself to having to watch the building of the house from a distance, making only irregular visits to the site. She had full confidence in Phuti, though, as she took the view that if you could manage a large furniture store, as Phuti did so successfully, then you could manage just about anything. She had nonetheless been careful to explain to Phuti exactly what she wanted in the kitchen. That would be her domain, and she wanted everything to be perfect. The fridge, she said, must not be too close to the door, or you will find that you cannot have the kitchen door open at the same time as you have the fridge door open. Very wise, said Phuti. I would never have thought of that. That is because youre Mma Makutsi stopped herself in time. She had been about to say, Thats because youre a man, but then she thought that this was perhaps a bit unkind, even if it was true. You should not make people feel guilty about things that are beyond their control, and the fact that Phuti was a man was not something he could do anything about. So she completed the observation by saying instead, because youre too busy thinking about so many other important things. How can you be expected to think about fridge doors when your mind is full of big decisions on things like ordering furniture, and so on and so forth Phuti nodded. It was true that he had many such decisions to make, but he also felt that he should concern himself with minutiae. He called this micromanagement, and he had learned about it from a correspondence course he had taken called Managing the Details in Retail and Related Industries.

Is there anything else he had asked. Do you need one cooker or two Mma Makutsi was unprepared for this question. Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that she would be in a position to have two cookers; indeed, it was achievement enough, she felt, to have had the singleplate cookercumoven that she had successfully used for the last few years. Two cookers! Oh, I think now that you mention it, we should perhaps have two, she said, trying to sound as casual as possible, as if the choice between one or two cookers was a decision of little weightthe sort of decision one might easily make without giving it much thought at all. So you will have two cookers then, said Phuti, proud that he was able to offer his new bride two cookers. It is best to be prepared. Mma Makutsi nodded gravely. She was not sure what eventuality they were planning for; indeed, she could not think of any reason why one would need two cookers, but they were now committed to a twocooker kitchen, and she was happy enough with that. There were several other minor matters to be settled. The floor must be easy to clean, said Phuti. So Ill tell Mr. Putumelo to lay special tiles that can be easily washed. So, here you are, my friend, said Mr. Putumelo, welcoming Phuti into his office. This is the headquarters of my little enterprise, as you see. It is from here that we go out every morning and build the new Botswana. Phuti smiled. And you build it the right way up, he said. Mr. Putumelo did not appear to see the joke. We are always building, he said solemnly. Thats the building trade for you. One building goes up, and you start the next. Its the same in the furniture trade, said Phuti. You sell one bed and then you sell the next one. Mr.

Putumelo considered this for a moment before nodding in agreement. Thats business, isnt it And who would have it otherwise This exchange completed, they sat down to the business of agreeing the terms of the contract. I have an offer for you, said Mr. Putumelo. As you know, Rra, there are many people in this business who are bad men. They give the building trade a bad name because they are unscrupulous. Phuti said that he had heard this. You see it in the newspapers, went on Mr. Putumelo. You read about Mr. Soandso or Mrs. Whatshername having a big argument with a builder over some contract that went wrong. He says one thing and the builder says another. Blah, blah. And you know what, Mr. Radiphuti In ninetynine per cent of these cases its because of the sort of contract theyve signed. The builder has given a price for the job in order to get it, then he spends the rest of the time trying to do the thing on the cheap so that he ends up with a bit of profit. Its always the same. Agree a low price, then try to cut corners.

I can see how that happens, said Phuti. Sometimes with our suppliers we agree on a specification for, lets say, a set of chairs, and then Mr. Putumelo cut him short. Exactly, Rra. You hit the nail on the head. Thats for a builder to do, said Phuti. Again Mr. Putumelo did not appear to grasp the reference. But, he said, raising a hand to emphasise his point, I have a way round this problem. If you have a contract with the client that says I will erect the building for cost plus twenty per cent, then you cant go wrong. You get a good building; you dont get rubbish. I know that Im going to make a profit, and so I dont try to cut any corners. Whats the point of doing that Phuti thought about this. He did not want his builder to cut corners; he wanted a solid house that would last them a lifetime. It seemed to him a very good idea, but he was a businessman and an opening percentage was always just that: the point at which negotiations could begin. It seems a good approach, he said, but the percentage