The following is a true story, with minor details changed to protect the innocent and the foolish.
Jack was a top sales executive in the fastest-growing division of the company. As such, when the company had its annual sales conference in Las Vegas last month, Jack and his whole team were invited out and held aloft by the CEO as examples of success. Applause was given; gold watches were handed out. Jack boasted to others in the company about the skill and prowess of his team, even as others wondered: had the praise gone to his head, or was he always this much of a jackass?
