Conditions Apply*

The devil’s in the detail.

 
I hate ‘offers’ whose conditions render them impractical, untrue or even pernicious.
For months I’ve collected samples for a post on this debilitating aspect of human nature.
Then my wife handed me One Offer to Rule Them All.
 
All That Glitters
The Gold Coin to Join* offer (see above) seems the soul of simplicity. You:

Pay [...]

Blood Money

 

Money talks. It sugarcoats unpleasantness and corrodes resolve. But it doesn’t ease guilt.

 

Action
I’m sacking a client.
Well, letting them die on the vine, really. I’m too gutless to tell them.
They’re bright, polite, appreciative and humble.
Their work is fascinating, they pay in seconds and they write beautiful Christmas cards.
So why must they go?
Uranium.
They don’t deal with it, [...]