There’s a scene I love in the Amazon original series Red Oaks. It goes like this: David, the young tennis instructor protagonist, has agreed to play doubles with the country club president Doug Getty under the false pretenses that he’s Doug’s nephew (rather than his instructor/employee). They win, which earns Getty “a case of Bordeaux and bragging rights”. Afterwards, David interrupts Getty to complain that he’s being underpaid for the subterfuge.
Nice post Pat. Reminds me of Give and Take by Adam Grant, which is on my reading list.