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The Strange Case of Larry: A Story of Misplaced Loyalty
Hello, Earnest Mann here! Today, I'm sharing a fascinating sociological observation about a guy named Larry, someone I've known for years at a local restaurant. Larry is a hardworking individual who does the work of three people, making him a dream employee for any restaurant owner. Despite knowing someone who could offer him a much better position with significantly increased pay and benefits, Larry remains intensely loyal to his current employer.
The Power of Indoctrination and Loyalty
Larry's situation highlights how people can become deeply indoctrinated into their roles and relationships, often working against their own self-interest. His unwavering loyalty to his employer, despite better opportunities, is both sad and pathetic. This phenomenon can be seen in various aspects of life, whether it’s due to friendship, familial bonds, or longstanding relationships.
A Ridiculous Parallel: Kramer and the Tennis Ball Boy
Drawing a parallel to a Seinfeld episode where Kramer becomes a tennis ball boy, I illustrate the absurdity of Larry's situation. Just as it’s ridiculous for a grown man to chase tennis balls, it's equally absurd for Larry, a man in his 50s, to be working so hard in a low-paying job. This episode is a reflection on self-worth and the work ethic that can sometimes lead to exploitation.
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Transcript
it's not science it's not that but it's a sociological you could call it a sociological
Speaker:you know observation and what that is this had to do with an experience that I had and um no I mean
Speaker:it it's not it's not really crazy or anything it wasn't like [ __ ] you know sex with goats
Speaker:or anything but it's something that really needs to be considered so I figured I'd put it out here
Speaker:for you and give it give it some thought I've been going to this particular uh restaurant and there's
Speaker:a guy there that I've you know that I've known for you know several years and uh he's um he a
Speaker:nice guy but um frankly he's he's a bit crazy now I mean there's you know there's there's there's
Speaker:crazy and then there's you know really [ __ ] bat [ __ ] [ __ ] crazy but uh what I mean by this is
Speaker:that there was the observation that I had and that he's definitely crazy and he's working against his
Speaker:own self-interest and when I say that this guy I mean he's a he's a uh a restaurant owner's dream
Speaker:that he uh he does the work of three people yeah and uh but the thing is is that I on multiple
Speaker:levels I can't even talk to him in other words I I feel this you know this part of me that [ __ ]
Speaker:wants to help him but no I I I I can't and the reason I can't is because he is so completely
Speaker:hookline and [ __ ] Sinker not kidding uh into his employer um and no I mean I I don't think
Speaker:they're having sex or anything but um yeah you you you can't you can't talk to him even if and
Speaker:even though I know someone that could absolutely positively give him a much better position for
Speaker:much better pay and benefits I mean we're talking significantly increased pay and benefits but it's
Speaker:not going to happen and it's not because what it demonstrates to me um is how people they can be so
Speaker:indoctrinated into whatever it is whether that be based on you know friendship or whatever the
Speaker:[ __ ] case is and that's definitely the case with this guy that the the owner of
Speaker:this particular place those two the employee this guy who's my age they go way back way back and um
Speaker:they're still breaking that and that's sad I mean it's it's really dep It's just sad let me
Speaker:just tell you this maybe you I don't know maybe you youngans won't get this but but if you just
Speaker:hear me out you will and hopefully you'll have a laugh but but I mean it's not that it's it's not
Speaker:that it's [ __ ] funny in that sense it's that it's sad it's really pathetic and sad and you
Speaker:could think not only friends or family [ __ ] for all I know I mean it might even be you it could be
Speaker:you and it would so I'm putting this I'm putting this out there so you know [ __ ] I I don't know
Speaker:may maybe it could be you I don't know but maybe it could also help so that that's why I'm doing it
Speaker:so but there was a way back going back to the the old show with you know with Seinfeld and
Speaker:um anyway there was an episode and there was uh I don't remember the name of it but it was
Speaker:uh with um the guy not Newman and obviously not Jerry Seinfeld but it was um the main
Speaker:character the main funny guy [ __ ] it won't come to me I hate that but it it
Speaker:just you know the guy across the hall um yeah that guy and he got an opportunity to be a uh
Speaker:a ball carrier for you know to be a ball boy a tennis ball boy and um yeah so of course that's
Speaker:what I missed because of I don't know I'm brain dead but this was Kramer of course it's Kramer
Speaker:so anyway he got a chance and the whole thing is ludicrous and that's what it's supposed to be is
Speaker:ludicrous that he got a chance to be a ball boy because the idea of a early mid-30s guy
Speaker:running and chasing and catching [ __ ] balls on a tennis court it is and actually should be kind of
Speaker:ridiculous not kind of actually [ __ ] ridiculous that was the whole episode there you go well
Speaker:that's was this is this guy's life and I'm just I'm not going to mention name names let's just
Speaker:call him Larry I'm just going to say Larry right Larry is a really nice guy and as far as his work
Speaker:is concerned hey number one that's the problem because Larry does the work of three people
Speaker:but somehow for some reason that that I can't [ __ ] fathom he doesn't understand this and so
Speaker:he literally I mean that is the absurdity of that I used in the Seinfeld episode that I'm trying to
Speaker:say is the absurdity of a grown man acting as like maybe a 12-year-old boy chasing tennis balls at
Speaker:you know a professional yeah he's like in his 50s and he's [ __ ] running around and doing orders
Speaker:and doing and you know and doing his thing and like he's a guy that's 20 years old please allow
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Speaker:bust my balls for this just hear me out You could argue you could say well hey you know it's if
Speaker:especially if you're you know [ __ ] libertarian minded you'd say well open market and hey if
Speaker:that's what he wants to do D D D D D D D but I'm asking you I'm asking you to step aside from this
Speaker:particular what I consider a neurosis and say yeah that is sad it's really [ __ ] ridiculous to see
Speaker:a guy my age running around like Hop Sing and for those of you again that are too young to know that
Speaker:was the uh cook for the cartright family on the show Bonanza and and I keep going back and back
Speaker:and back because I'm an old piece of [ __ ] and that's that's all I have as a reference so if you
Speaker:don't know these [ __ ] things things well that's not my fault but anyway have a laugh relax and I'm
Speaker:just saying um yeah but to see a grown man around me uh you know basically being a tennis court
Speaker:[ __ ] ball boy and I mean this this guy and I'm I'm not in the least not in the least whatsoever
Speaker:he is 1,000% serious about his job I mean it's like this dude's on on on crack or something but I
Speaker:know he's not and it's just like okay you know you try to instill the you know Protestant work ethic
Speaker:and and all that and that's fine but Jesus Christ dude you're 40 year or 50 years old plus and
Speaker:you're working in this Soo restaurant and you're doing the work of three people now I know also
Speaker:quickly I just want to say that yeah it ties this especially young people and they have a completely
Speaker:you know legitimate beef with this [ __ ] I get it I get it but I'm saying it's just incredibly
Speaker:sad I don't even know to wrap my head around this I'm just saying
Speaker:it's incredibly sad to see an adult man acting like a [ __ ] ball boy for
Speaker:tennis courts running and catching the ball in their 50s or you know pushing
Speaker:60s is is that is that where we're we are it is that where the [ __ ] we want to be Jesus
Speaker:Christ anyway um yeah that's um that's about it that's all I want to say about that so bearing
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