Try, Again

One more post on the Try Guys fiasco. 

The remaining Try Guys have spoken; they provided full transparency and honest description of the situation. It was excellent, not only from a public relations point of view, but also a personal point of view. 

Watch the video, and look at their faces: the hurt, the anger, the disappointment. Ned -- how could you? Look at the damage you have caused. See the raw emotions they cannot hide. For shame. 

And why does this bother me so much, as a complete stranger to the situation? 

Perhaps it is because ordinary people (including myself) do difficult things all the time. We change jobs, move states, choose paths that may be harder for us personally but better for the people around us. We take into consideration our families and friends and coworkers in everything we do, even if it is ultimately to our personal detriment. We purposefully abstain from taking action that will harm others. We sacrifice, for the greater good. 

Yet Ned, who had everything as far as we could see -- a loving family, solid friends, a highly successful job he enjoyed, with coworkers who relied on him -- took the selfish, sneaky, dishonest path which would ultimately cause the greatest damage when it came to light. He sacrificed everyone and everything around him for his own personal satisfaction. 

He threw his Important People under the bus of his own desire. And that's unforgivable. 

The lessons therein: don't blow up other people's lives. Do the hard things, like sacrifice your own immediate wants, in order to take action honestly, openly, and properly. Don't be Ned.