Like, Old Lady Drambach would go into her routine about how none of us was working up to our potential.

Like, Old Lady Drambach would go into her routine about how none of us was working up to our potential. We weren’t seeking striving or finding. Mostly we were yielding, according to her.
“So you think everyone should fulfill their potential?”
“That is correct, Telly. Everyone should fulfill his potential. Especially you!”
“You think that would be a good thing that everyone should strive for?”
“For which he should strive? Certainly.”
“I don’t think you would like that.”
“Why not?”
“Well who would clean your toilets? Who would sit your kids? Who would vacuum your pool? I mean, if everybody has reached their potential, who is gonna want to do those jobs? Face it Mrs. Drambach, you need losers like us. How can there be winners without losers?”
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