A construction worker is laid off and takes a job at a fast food restaurant temporarily, although he has never had an interest in preparing food before. A supermarket cashier always scans store coupons before company coupons because she was taught to do it that way. A businessman feels that he deserves a raise, but is nervous to ask his manager for one; instead, he comforts himself with the idea that hard work is its own reward. An associate professor is afraid that she won’t be given tenure and starts spreading rumors about one of her associates to make herself look better.

A construction worker is laid off and takes a job at a fast food restaurant temporarily, although he has never had an interest in preparing food before.