“Sure!” responded Jerry. It almost never mattered what was being asked of him, Jerry wanted to try making everyone happy. Conventional wisdom already told him that was suicidal, but he wasn’t one to go with the flow.
It isn’t always a matter of doing what’s right. It might just be a matter of survival. Buy time a la carte when you’re too broke for the buffet; whatever it takes to be at the door when opportunity knocks, and opportunity is a frail old granny with advanced arthritis. She often knocks softly.