That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.

Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is that only six donuts?' would betray their donut experience. It's not great for your career to be known as the person who can spot the difference between six and seven donuts at a glance.

every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged

That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as you and me. What's with that?

There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.