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Can't find the original story but having read it in my formative years, it just echoed "so true": https://bemorewithless.com/the-story-of-the-mexican-fisherm

• SquibblesRedux 5y ago
  That's good until the fisherman breaks a leg and his family then goes hungry. The ideal lies somewhere between the extremes.
• perl4ever 5y ago
  I read the story of the fisherman on the wall in a Jimmy John's sandwich shop, not sure if it was the first time I'd seen it, but I associate it with them. I think if sheer irony could cause space-time to collapse into a black hole, that's the closest I've seen. This is the Jimmy Johns that was outed as making their employees sign non-competes. The Jimmy Johns majority owned by "Roark Capital Group". The Jimmy Johns that was warned by the FDA to stop selling spoiled produce with E. Coli in 2020. https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/jimmy-johns-franchise-llc-599962-02212020 https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-c... According to the FDA, they engaged in the classic response to a QA failure - they did a "one-time cleaning and sanitation at Iowa based Jimmy John’s restaurants" but "neither you nor your parent company proposed any corrective actions to prevent these, or other Jimmy John’s restaurants, from receiving adulterated produce". I used to like their sandwiches though. They donate millions to charity, as well, just like a humble fisherman.