Scheming <beep>

Don’t you just hate it when people pretend to do things for altruistic reasons but in reality they do it for self-serving motives. They adopt a holier than thou attitude but they are really conniving sons of <beep>.

Before people start calling me a hypocrite, let me get things straight, I also do things for my own benefit. I can be quite self-centered and just do things that would make me happy (sometimes, regardless of consequences). You can be sure I’m no Mother Teresa. But I’m also not a scheming politician. I don’t have a public persona that is unblemished but away from the public eye, dirtier than a rag covered with grease and grime. I don’t go out spouting that what I’m doing is a form of sacrifice for the benefit of someone else but the truth it’s for some narcissistic reason.

I am now reminded of some House (tv series) episodes where the guest characters do things — like donate a kidney or tirelessly take care of a sick patient —– seemingly a benevolent act but truth of the matter is that they have their own selfish motives.

I’m not saying doing things for one own’s benefit is bad — that’s human nature. But to pretend and say it’s something otherwise, moreso the opposite and at the same time putting others in a bad light, is just plain deceitful in my book. Hmp!