Because, as Alfred the Butler said, some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch their uniforms burn.

• Card 241 on Beckett
• Follow-up: Harold and Alvin A Capella
• Damaso Garcia obituary by Sam Gazdziak
• Article in The Athletic about Damaso's life
• "You can't walk your way off the island" by Barry Popik