 When Kalakanni asked Anathapindika for aid, the "setthi" offered him a job at his house.This decision was met with backlash from Anathapindika's household, due to Kalakanni's low status and the superstition at the time of Kalakanni's name being a bad omen.Anathapindika ignored this superstition and his status however, and granted his friend a job.