When success means escaping the bucket:

I do hope this economy improves soon else we will experience what I call the lobster syndrome.  This syndrome surfaces in a group when one individual is more successful than others and it manifests in a country when one group is better off than another.

The first sign is evident when the rally cry of ‘we’re all in this together’ turns into a plea of ‘aren’t we in this together’.  The second sign is when the pleaders claim to be innocent victims.  And the third sign?  When the self-called victims boost their egos by self-righteously criticizing those who dare to climb out of the bucket of failure.

Let me explain.  A fisherman, walking along with a bucket of lobsters, is asked by a friend, ‘Won’t the lobsters escape by climbing out of the bucket?’  ‘No’, replies the fisherman, ‘You know what lobsters are like.  When one gets near the top, the others pull him back down’.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com

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