The Promotion
“I’m only ever satisfied when someone else is in pain. Does that make me a terrible person?” “Honestly, Craig?” “Yes, be enti—no! Not honestly! Who’d ever ask you that honestly!” “It kinda sounds like you know the answer to your own question.” “Like I’d take advice from a junior partner who’s my age.” “Glad to see you’re feeling like yourself again. Okay, what. Stop grumbling at me. Stop it.” “I wasn’t grumbling.” “Uh-huh. And we both know that the only reason I’m a junior is because you got the first promotion and then the boss bit the bullet.” “I’d have gotten promoted regardless.” “Same. That’s my point. No. We are not doing the grumbling thing again.” “John? Can I ask you something?” “Sure.” “Why do you stay here? You could do the law thing anywhere.” “I dunno. Sunk cost fallacy? Or maybe the fact that every time I try to leave you bump my pay by enough that the wife convinces me to stay. At this rate, I’m probably making more than you are. It’s …
