Every now and then there’s a person in my office sharing a very popular local nugget:
- You can never underpay a proper slacker, if you know what I mean…
This time it was a middle-aged lady, a newsstand seller who hated anyone buying the expensive staff she couldn’t afford. Her existence wasn’t directly threatened, but she did worry about it. She didn’t have enough money, and it troubled her. Consciously or not, she defined her situation along these lines: my life is all right, and the wealthy are positively dishonest and morally corrupt. Continue reading “Envy is a Waste of Energy”
