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I think this story actually proves the point. In this case, people were monsters at work and respectable people at home.

Therefore it works the other way around too: someone can worship Satan in a death metal band in his private life and work at a Catholic school.

The very definition of maturity is assuming the role appropriate to the situation. What I think might influence my decisions, but in my job is my duty to set aside what I think and act in the interest of my employer. Not mine.

Now we live in a time where your work identity an personal are conflated into one. Your work is who you are. There's no longer life beyond it.

Maybe is a good thing... But it's certainly exhausting to me. Everyone putting up their best behavior all the time.



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