People will always be willing to better their own situation at the expense of others, whether it's that guy in front of you who sees fit to recline his seat for the entirety of a 15-hour flight despite having no one in front of or next to him, or something like cutting a queue in traffic or manipulating the schedule so that they don't have to work a shift that they find to be inconvenient.
Everyone's the hero of their own story, so they, of course, won't see themselves as doing anything wrong. They're just being "smart" or "working the system" despite knowing that their behavior is unacceptable. They just hope that they can get away with it and get ahead despite the fact that everyone doing the same thing would trigger a race to the bottom.
This worker shared how their coworker had tried to change their schedule without their knowledge or consent… and without having any of the authority to do so. Their experience sparked discussion on the subject in this popular online workplace community.
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