Rant: Business Or Personal
Posted: November 25 19, 2:23 pm
That thing in like 40% of crime movies where one guy is about to kill another guy that he’s known for a really long time.
And the guy who’s about to get killed is bloody and sweaty and disheveled and usually looking up from a position on the ground and like “I only wanna know...(pant)...one thing...(cough, gasp)...is this business?...(cough)...Or is it personal?”
And the guy eleven times out of ten replies “It’s always business” or “It’s always business, never personal.”
And then he shoots him.
But.
It’s also almost always some combination of business and personal.
If Nino Brown was honest w/ G Money he’d be like “You used to be my best friend and now I can’t trust you. You’re a screw up, it’s pissing me off and it’s bad for work.”
Michael Corleone, were he telling us how he really felt, would be like “Business? Nah. That Solazzo mothergrabber tried to killl my pops, let’s go!!!”
These guys didn’t violate the company’s attendance policy. They didn’t take a gift valued over $50 from a vendor. They didn’t ignore the dress code. They didn’t come to work intoxicated. They didn’t fail to hit their sales numbers or perform poorly on customers satisfaction metrics. They didn’t commit any violations of HR policy. It’s always at least like 50% personal.
And the guy who’s about to get killed is bloody and sweaty and disheveled and usually looking up from a position on the ground and like “I only wanna know...(pant)...one thing...(cough, gasp)...is this business?...(cough)...Or is it personal?”
And the guy eleven times out of ten replies “It’s always business” or “It’s always business, never personal.”
And then he shoots him.
But.
It’s also almost always some combination of business and personal.
If Nino Brown was honest w/ G Money he’d be like “You used to be my best friend and now I can’t trust you. You’re a screw up, it’s pissing me off and it’s bad for work.”
Michael Corleone, were he telling us how he really felt, would be like “Business? Nah. That Solazzo mothergrabber tried to killl my pops, let’s go!!!”
These guys didn’t violate the company’s attendance policy. They didn’t take a gift valued over $50 from a vendor. They didn’t ignore the dress code. They didn’t come to work intoxicated. They didn’t fail to hit their sales numbers or perform poorly on customers satisfaction metrics. They didn’t commit any violations of HR policy. It’s always at least like 50% personal.
