I remember a high school principal.
He was a very good principal and was very respected.
He would often call for an all school assembly to meet in the gymnasium and he was a very gifted motivational speaker.
During one assembly he said he had noticed that a student had a habit of dragging a sharp pencil lead along the walls while walking from class to class. He said he would ask for such a habit to stop.
He said that it wasn't really that big of deal but "what if everyone in the school did that" as each one walked in the hallways and would drag their pencil lead along the walls. He asked for us to think about what a school problem that would become for the appearance of the school and the upkeep it would require.
So he said he had to stop because "what if everyone did that" and "what is fair for one is fair for all" because "everyone is treated the same."
Now, over the years I have noticed that employers have had to dismiss an employee that may seem to be over a trivial matter but the fact is "what if everyone did it"-so it just can't be, and "that is that."
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