A discussion about business ethics, character traits, integrity, and values

“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed.” Jenkins Lloyd Jones

Jones was talking about marriage, and that is true enough, but it also applies to most of what we do every day. Although sometimes disappointed, I hardly ever feel robbed or cheated. I’ve had three jobs where I was cheated out of money, about $40,000, but I don’t think about it anymore.

With all the bad things that have happened, that happen to all of us, there is only one that makes me feel cheated. My brother – who lived next door – had an extra ticket to game seven of the 1982 World Series. An extra ticket to game seven of the Cardinals in the  World Series. I called in sick to work and called him to ask what time we were leaving. “Well, John,” he said, “I, um, I, uh, I'm taking a guy from work.”

I went on to my job and watched game seven of the 1982 World Series on a 13-inch black and white TV. Someday I’ll forgive him. Just not someday soon.