"Greed is Good"

“Greed is good.” Now what can we think of when we hear that quote? I don’t necessarily agree with that saying 100%, but depending on a certain type of situation, that quote can pertain to something morally good and not so wrong. That quote pretty much takes us back to chapter 2 in the book when we learned about ethics and morals. “Ethics takes a more philosophical approach, examining what is good or bad. Morals are concerned with behavior as judged by society” (Essentials of Business Law, Liuzzo; Pg. 19). With those definitions in mind, would a quote such as “greed is good” fall under the category of an ethical dilemma? We were taught that being greedy in this world is not nice and that we will never get anywhere in life being hated on. That’s not always so correct once you live in the real world. When you think about it, so many people in this world have made it through life became rich by being greedy. Of course morally, it’s not good to be greedy, but you do what you have to do to reach your goals. For example, there are good and bad types of being greedy. If you were to start a foundation, say a foundation for helping kids fight cancer, you would want to be greedy and find ways to manipulate people into giving you money for raising money to these kids. Would that be so bad? You’re doing whatever you can to help them out. It’s for the cause of helping others. If you were to start a company for your own benefit and would trample over anybody just to get what you want, then that would be considered greedy in the form we all know the word to be.

“Despite a few glaring lapses, many companies today understand the need to maintain ethical standards in their dealings with customers, suppliers, and employees. To do this, some firms or industries establish a code of ethics…” (Essentials of Business Law, Liuzzo; Pg 21). Having a code of ethics in the business would definitely set some standards in order for people to be not so greedy. “Greed is good” is such an iffy quote and a tough subject to put my finger on. One side of me agrees and another disagrees. Have you ever seen a movie called “Envy” starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black? It’s a story about two friends who shared everything and one day Jack Black discovers a miracle spray that got rid of any kind of animal feces and made it disappear into thin air. Of course, he became rich, bought a big house, and bought everything his money could buy, while his best friend was left all by himself. The thing is, Ben Stiller never asked to be a part of his company and just watched his best friend do his thing. He then began to get jealous of his friend’s success. Throughout the movie, you realize that none of this is Jack’s fault because he had been nice to Ben and offered him everything he ever needed and that Ben had so much pride and acted like his success was nothing to him. Jack wasn’t really greedy, he was actually giving, but the thought of Ben being jealous, he was green with envy. It really comes down to what situation and how you’re looking at the quote to truly understand its meaning. It’s up to you to decide whether greed is really good, or if greed is bad.

Smash-Me Doll

If I could create a smash-me doll, I would make a doll of my roommate, Chris. He basically instigated a war between two people that used to live in our house with us and myself. He would always be telling me about the things they would say when I was gone, and being pregnant with raging hormones does not help the situation. A fight broke out between me and the girl that used to live with us (at the time her and her boyfriend still lived with us) and it turned into a pretty bad fist fight. I won, of course. That day of the fight, they were in the process of moving back to her dad’s house and they still haven’t given the key to our house back and that day was supposed to be the last day to take their stuff out of our house. Instead, they refused to give the key and locked their room door with a bunch of their junk still left over and drove to her dad’s. I was furious so the next morning I picked the lock and threw their junk outside, everything that they had left.

(This is where Chris comes in) Chris even helps me out with taking their crap outside of the house, especially the bed since I couldn’t move that on my own. Since Chris had been sleeping on the couch and had no room, the room the couple used to own would be his room. He got right to it and started cleaning and moving his stuff into his new room. Just for a little background, I trusted Chris as if he were my brother. We clicked pretty much when we first met and we even talked him out of moving to Florida because he would only get in trouble there. But anyways, I was already late for work since I had been moving the couple’s belongings outside. It was garbage day that day. I had told the couple that if they didn’t want their stuff to be taken away by the garbage man then I suggest they take it now. I had asked Chris to do me one thing, and it is to watch my room and make sure they are not allowed in the house. I knew that the couple was going to be pissed and do something with my stuff since all their crap is out of the house. But they didn’t stick to the agreement, they were supposed to leave the house key and have all their belongings out of the house by a certain date and they failed to do so. Chris said, “Yeah I understand, don’t worry about it, I wouldn’t want my stuff to get trashed too.” So then I left for work. I get a call from my other roommate (Chris’s cousin) saying that the couple had already left and took their stuff with them. I asked her if they came into the house and she said the girl came in. Right there and then I asked her to check my room. I was right, it was completely trashed.

I drove home immediately and began yelling at Chris. He first said, “She needed to get some movies inside the house” then I had asked him if he watched her, he said no. I became even angrier and started to lose my cool. He then started yelling back, getting in my face, and threw things around saying, “You’re a grown woman and don’t expect her to not do anything to your stuff when you threw theirs outside! It’s not my responsibility!” So… there you have it. I asked him to do one thing, and one thing only. WATCH MY THINGS. He said he would and that he wouldn’t want things like that to happen to him. He said he wasn’t going to let them into the house. I trusted him, and now all that happened. Ever since then, I took back my laptop, iPod, and television that he was using in his room and we haven’t spoken to each other ever since then. He apologized to my boyfriend and said that he’s embarrassed to talk to me. I don’t give a flying fuck. He doesn’t have the balls to come to me and apologize, and every time I’m in the same room as him he would run back upstairs to his room. He’s a coward and I would love to see his face get smashed, but I guess a doll would do the trick. For a 21 year old guy with long hair and has no qualifications to get a job what-so-ever, good luck trying to survive in this world. He already can’t pay for rent!

I would so love a doll that looks like him so I can beat the shit out of it. Sorry for the French, but repeating this story makes me so angry. I hate being pregnant sometimes.