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Us middle aged fucks do too.
And so do some of the older fucks. Even my dad, a literal boomer, said that it wasn't like he killed someone useful.
Boomer dad sold health insurance in the 90s, made some bank, almost every customer was a referral from another. Think on that.
I can hear him from the afterlife, "FUCK that low life! I'd shoot him AGAIN!"
Word. If someone is giving word of mouth to an insurance agent, they're doing the job the right way. Gotta love people like that :)
My old man sold a policy to an old woman.
"When will I be covered?"
"You already are, the second you signed, like I said."
She slipped and broke her back in the bath, minutes after dad left. Covered. Done. Word spread like wildfire.
Dad didn't sell for one company, he sold for 20. He could tailor the contract to one's situation, wasn't beholden to one company's product. He sold what was right for a given person.
He later made bank from those same elderly people, converting their sorry CDs into annuities. Saved them loads of money, and made them more.
Dad wasn't always the most moral man, but goddamn he tried later in life. Still proud of his drunk ass.
Sucks that such a position exists, but he did his best. (This was in the 90s.)
EDIT: I should note, dad wouldn't have shot the CEO. He hated guns. He would have beat him to death, mano a mano. He practiced karate for 30-years, and was a bouncer for much of that time. Because he liked to fight. Complicated man, complicated life.
I think I would have loved a chance to meet the guy. I'm an ex bouncer, martial artist too. And, like him, I enjoyed a good, fair fight, but didn't mind the chance to cut loose when it came.
We all have flaws for sure. Gods know I do lol. But your dad managed to help people and be someone his kid could love and admire. That right there is as good as it gets.
Didn't meet him until I was 20. Coming from being adopted into my grandparent's Beaver Clever family into dad's, system shock. He was a wild guy, died too young, but he burned that candle at both ends.