Originally Posted by aklim

SEP effect. Somebody Else's Problem. They see it and figure that somebody else will take care of it. Like in Little Red Riding Hood, a Woodcutter will come along and fix it. No need to get one's hands dirty.

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, And Nobody


This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done