The Rock Gets It; Why Don't I?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

and you have three very elegantly dressed people sitting. They're all wearing uh designed uh suits. They're sitting behind a mahogany desk. Extremely proper, sophisticated, well-to-do. The one on the left scans the file of David. He looks up at him very accusingly and he says, "I see that not once did you report to "I see that not once did you report to work at 9:00 a.m. during this entire period. 6 months, I haven't seen you come here even once at 9:00 in the morning when all the employees are supposed to show up." The woman in the middle shakes her head and she says, "Listen, this is not a place for schleppers. This is a Fortune 500 company. And instead of coming in with a jacket and a tie, the report says that you come in with the report says that you come in with working jeans. It's inappropriate. And then there's the man on the right and he's staring at the papers in his hand at David's file and he says, "Our survei- Our surveillance cameras show that you spend less than 10% of your working hours at your desk. The rest of the time you're basically strolling around the building. I don't think this company is made for you. And one of them looks at him and says, "David, do you have anything to say for yourself, to defend yourself?" And with confidence he says, "Yes, I was hired as the night watchman." That's the story. Now, this brings us in to the theme that we want to explore, which is basically one of the most

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