Shane Parrish

Like, cause I'm like, who is this guy to tell me to do this?

And said something, you know, in the moment that I wasn't thinking at all.

I was just responding.

I'm like, you're not better than me.

This isn't right.

And on the way home that night, you know, he's got his ego.

I've got my ego.

If we're talking on the level of ego and

I mean, we're just not going to go anywhere.

I'm not going to get what I want.

I'm not getting closer to what I want, which was a paycheck at the time to pay for university.

He's not getting what he wants, which is faster service and, you know, to be treated like the way that he wanted to be treated.

Nobody wins.

Like there's no outcome here that's positive, right?

Walking home that night, I sort of

rationalize this because we are hierarchical and I reorganize the world in a way where I came out on top of him and I have a job anymore but at least I'm not an asshole yeah and so I felt better about myself and we often do this right we do this in everyday moments where we we tell ourselves these stories and these stories are sort of like

At least I'm not.

I'm better than.

At least I didn't do this.

I really didn't want that.