<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Kwaze kwaba ngemva kokufa kukaRonald Read ngoJune odlule lapho ithalente lakhe lokukhetha amasheya aphumelelayo laba ulwazi lomphakathi lapho eshiya amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-6 emtatsheni wakhe wezincwadi wasendaweni nasesibhedlela eBrattleboro, eVermont. Owayesebenza esiteshini segesi futhi engumgcini wendlu eVermont owafa ngoJune odlule eneminyaka engu-92 ubudala wayeqongelele ngasese ingcebo engaba yizigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi ngenxa yethalenta lakhe elifihlekile lokukhetha amasheya aphumelelayo. Ingcebo kaRonald Read yaziwa umphakathi kuphela ngemva kokufa kwakhe lapho etshela umtapo wakhe wasendaweni nesibhedlela sakhe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-6. Ngesikhathi esaphila, abangane nomakhelwane babemazi uReed njengendoda ngezinye izikhathi eyayibopha ijazi layo ngezipikili zokuphepha futhi eyayinesiko lesikhathi eside lokufuna izinkuni. URead, owayesebenze iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-25 esiteshini sikaHaviland sokuphakela uphethiloli eBrattleboro, wayaziwa ngejakhethi yakhe yeflannel nesigqoko sakhe se-baseball. Impahla yakhe ebiza kakhulu kwakuyi-Toyota Yaris ka-2007 ebiza u-5,000, okwakungasho lutho ngobukhulu bomcebo wakhe. Ukube wayengonga ngisho isenti elilodwa, wayeyokwenza kanjalo, kusho uBridget Bokum, umsizi ophakeme ehhovisi lendawo lakwaWells Fargo Advisors etshela i-WSJ. UBokum kanye noClaire Johns, umphathi wefa likaReed, njengamanje bahlola inqwaba yezinhlamvu zamasheya ezinama-intshi amahlanu ukucacisa inani lakhe langempela. Sonke sasikwazi ukuthi wayesemakethe yamasheya, kodwa hhayi ngezinga elingaka, kusho uJohns. Imfihlo yokuphumelela kukaReed ngokwezimali yayiwukuthi ngaphandle kokuba umuntu okhetha kahle amasheya, wayebuye abonise ukonga nokubekezela okuphawulekayo ngamasheya akhe. Ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe, uRead wayenezitoko okungenani ezingu-95, eziningi zazo ayeseziphethe amashumi eminyaka. Imfihlo yempumelelo kaReed kwakuwukuthi ngaphezu kokuba umhloli omuhle wamasheya, wayebonisa ukonga nokubekezela okuphawulekayo ngamasheya kuhlanganise neProcter Gamble. Wayetshale imali emikhakheni ehlukahlukene, ehlanganisa izitimela, izinkampani zezinsiza, amabhange, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ezokuxhumana kanye nemikhiqizo yabathengi kodwa wayegweme amasheya ezobuchwepheshe. Lapho uRead ethola amasheke ezinzuzo ngeposi wafaka imali emuva ekuthengeni amasheya engeziwe, kusho uBokum. Phakathi kwempahla yakhe yesikhathi eside kwakukhona...  <response>: URonald Read owashona ngoJuni odlule eneminyaka engu-92 ubudala wayeqongelele ngasese ingcebo engaba yizigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi. Abangane nomakhelwane bakhe babengazi ukuthi uRead wayenekhono elifihlekile lokukhetha amasheya aphumelelayo. Imfihlo yempumelelo kaReed yayiwukuthi ngaphandle kokuba umqoqi omuhle, wayebuye abonise ukonga nokubekezela okuphawulekayo. Phakathi kwezimpahla zakhe zesikhathi eside kwakunguProcter Gamble, J.P. Morgan Chase, General Electric kanye neDow Chemical. Ngo - 1959 wathenga amasheya angu - 39 ePacific Gas Electric namuhla abalwa ngo - 10 735 - okuyizikhathi ezinhlanu kulokho ayewabhadalele. Iphothifoliyo yakhe yayihlanganisa nokuhluleka okumbalwa okubandakanya iLehman Brothers Holdings, eyaziwa ngokuwa ngo-2008 ngesikhathi senhlekelele yezezimali. 