A Question of Morals

Would you hand in a lost wallet to the police?Should the Catholic Church be held responsible for the spread of AIDS in Africa because it discourages the use of contraception?Do you condone abortion, gay marriage…bad shoes?It’s a question of morals, really.SLB mused over these thoughts while he stared at the wall of his boss’ sub-street level office in Camden. Other than being a beacon for sleazy, old men, and dabbling with poetry, SLB worked part-time in a music store in Arlington Road. Something had to fuel the hedonism and debauchery. On his sixth vodka, SLB questioned the agenda of this reasonably young, successful, debonair, MARRIED, father of two. The Fox, as he was known, with his salt and pepper hair, had successfully plied SLB with copious amounts of after-work alcohol and lured him to his dingy, air-tight office, making it quite clear that The Fox’s modus operandi was to seduce SLB. Plain and simple.SLB has a theory. At least once in everyone’s lifetime, you will be one of the three C’s: Cheater, Cheated or Cheatee. Being the Cheater is easy enough after a couple of cosmos, everybody knows that; and being the Cheated is a direct consequence, and altogether a common occurrence if you date someone like SLB. But, the Cheatee, one who (sometimes unwittingly) engages with the Cheater is the most intangible of the three C’s and possibly the most damaging. SLB knows as much as anyone that there is nothing worse than waking up at a gorgeous stranger’s apartment only to have him say that you’ll have to leave because his gorgeous long-term, long-distance boyfriend is coming home for an impromptu visit.In this circumstance however, SLB wondered what harm could possibly come from some innocent sex in the workplace. Afterall, SLB was such a good student in school, what’s one more extra-curricular activity?So, does SLB go for it with the boss, satisfying his superior’s advances, risking promotion and a little bit of his dignity? Or does he politely decline and reap the consequences?It’s a question of morals really…Needless to say, SLB goes for it (for two hours), before stumbling home and waking up the next day with a vodka induced hang-over and a vague feeling of guilt.Suddenly the Catholic Church seems more and more enticing.